- Date
- June 22, 1965
- Place
- Ft.Stockton, TX · FT.STOCKTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6823ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178212
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0533 65/6/22 NR.FT.STOCKTON TEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 300 TIME - 0630 N6823Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 20 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6823Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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