- Date
- August 7, 1968
- Place
- Fabens, TX · FABENS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3971PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108850
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2741 68/8/7 FABENS,TEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 6714 TIME - 1100 N3971P PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - A R MILLER STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1400 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3600 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- RT TIRE FLAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3971P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- A R Miller Strip
N3971PRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3971P · 1
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