- Date
- May 10, 1969
- Place
- Eudora, AR · EUDORA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4542YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182820
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1244 69/5/10 EUDORA,ARK PIPER PA-25 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1500 TIME - 0745 N4542Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 587 KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT 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 - 125 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PRE MERGE COTTON GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4542Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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