- Date
- August 22, 1972
- Place
- Eckley, CO · ECKLEY, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77562Piper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168447
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3161 72/8/22 ECKLEY,COLO PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 3463 TIME - 0800 N77562 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 2800 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ECKLEY,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2900 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3880 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND REMARKS- CHOLINESTERASE TEST RESULT WAS 19 RAPPOART UNITS. 40-80 CONSIDERED NORMAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77562
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Strip
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