- Date
- August 18, 1967
- Place
- Plainview, TX · PLAINVIEW, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6779ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114050
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2961 67/8/18 PLAINVIEW,TEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 5000 TIME - 1800 N6779Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT REMARKS- PLT LANDED ON NARROW ROAD.RAN OFF INTO LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6779Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6779ZRegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2018 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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