- Date
- May 18, 1967
- Place
- Ft.Collins, CO · FT.COLLINS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3698PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117001
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1576 67/5/18 FT.COLLINS, COLO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 421 TIME - 0715 N3698P PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 37 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 5000 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- PLT CIRCLING FIELD FOR SWATH RUN CROSSED BEHIND OTHER SPRAY ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3698P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3698PRegistration cancelled Jul 6, 2011 · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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