- Date
- August 15, 1969
- Place
- Corn, OK · CORN, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1984PPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162909
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3553 69/8/15 CORN,OKLA PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 308 TIME - 1410 N1984P PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAKLY,OKLA EAKLY,OKLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 38 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1600 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- HIT WIRE FENCE ON SWATH RUN.LANDED ON ROAD TO REMOVE WIRE FROM ACFT.BOOM HIT SUN FLOWERS ON T/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1984P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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