- Date
- July 7, 1965
- Place
- Los Indios, TX · LOS INDIOS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7362ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176774
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1814 65/7/7 LOS INDIOS TEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 10000 TIME - 1745 N7362Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) COPILOT - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 8500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY 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 - 20 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT AFFECTED BY TOXIC SPRAY FLUID
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7362Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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