- Date
- August 13, 1965
- Place
- San Benito, TX · SAN BENITO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6979ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178654
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2449 65/8/13 NR.SAN BENITO TEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1715 N6979Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 31, 6050 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY 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 ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 40 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6979Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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