- Date
- July 31, 1970
- Place
- Earth, TX · EARTH, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7588KPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115897
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0934 70/7/31 EARTH,TEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0820 N7588K PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 29, 300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGLAKE,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 100 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN 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 - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD CIRCLING,HIT GRND NOSE DWN.PLT CHOLINESTERASE LVL 2.09 UNITS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7588K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed