- Date
- May 20, 1969
- Place
- Morganza, LA · MORGANZA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4379YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1346 69/5/20 MORGANZA,LA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 21000 TIME - 0630 N4379Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 6054 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATON ROUGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - 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 - 70
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4379Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Baton Rouge
N4379YRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2012 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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