- Date
- July 13, 1969
- Place
- Slater, WY · SLATER, WY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7782DPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169669
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2310 69/7/13 SLATER,WYO PIPER PA-18A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, TIME - 0815 N7782D PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 4800 FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRASHED ONE-ONE-HALF MILES SHORT OF DESTINATION.ACFT DESTROYED BY FIRE.NO WITNESSES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7782D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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