- Date
- September 7, 1968
- Place
- Presidio, TX · PRESIDIO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N6271ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108209
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3071 68/9/7 PRESIDIO,TEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 3000 TIME - 1445 N6271Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRESIDIO STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2470 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT WAS SPRAYING METHYL-PARATHION. RESULTS OF TOXICOLOGY INCONCLUSIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6271Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Presidio Strip
N6271ZRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Piper PA-25Airframe modelPiper PA-25Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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