- Date
- June 2, 1970
- Place
- Sinton, TX · SINTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3479ZPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115116
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0028 70/6/2 SINTON,TEX PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N3479Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 25, 643 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SINTON,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 643 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT REMARKS- LNDD ON A TURN ROW ADJACENT TO TALL GRAIN.SPRAY BOOM HIT TALL GRAIN,ACFT TURNED,BOOM BKN,TUBE BENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3479Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
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