- Date
- May 23, 1965
- Place
- Pearsall, TX · PEARSALL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7366DPiper PA18A
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178149
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0376 65/5/23 PEARSALL TEX PIPER PA18A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0630 N7366D PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION 43, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MC KINLEY FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3000 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC 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 -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 650 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- PILOT FLEW TOO CLOSE BEHIND SECOND DUSTER ACFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7366D
- Reported as
- Piper PA18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mc Kinley Field
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