- Date
- July 26, 1968
- Place
- Paradise, UT · PARADISE, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7244KPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109254
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2463 68/7/26 PARADISE,UT PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0515 N7244K PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 40, 2200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 5300 HILLY SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRASH NOT OBSERVED. TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE. SPRAYING ALFALFA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7244K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7244KRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-18Airframe modelPiper PA-18Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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