- Date
- July 7, 1970
- Place
- Crawford, OK · CRAWFORD, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115838
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0918 70/7/7 CRAWFORD,OKLA PIPER PA-25 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 3000 TIME - 0745 N7622Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHEYENNE,OKLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 400 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER 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 -ROLLING SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 100 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- N7622Z OVERTOOK AND ZOOMED INTO N30501. CHOLINESTERASE LEVEL 2.34 UNITS,NOT CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0918 70/7/7 CRAWFORD,OKLA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 39, TIME - 0745 N30501 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY 81 TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 1 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHEYENNE,OKLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 100 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- N30501 HAD BEEN FLAGMAN FOR HIS PARTNER DURING COMPLETED AERIAL APPLICATION OPNS. N30501 LND OK.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N30501
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
N30501Registration cancelled Jun 4, 1976 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N7622Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7622ZRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.