- Date
- October 12, 1968
- Place
- Woodrow, TX · WOODROW, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6280ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107945
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3702 68/10/12 WOODROW,TEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N6280Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 37, 712 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 61 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 200 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC 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 - 3200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND REMARKS- STRUCK PHONE WIRE UNDER POWER LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6280Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6280ZRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Piper PA-25Airframe modelPiper PA-25Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N6280Z · 1
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