- Date
- October 2, 1970
- Place
- Cotton Center, TX · COTTON CENTER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7502ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158437
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3983 70/10/2 COTTON CENTER,TEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N7502Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 44, 4800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ABERNATHY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COTTON CENTER,TEX SHALLOWATER,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FAILED ON IMPACT GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3510 REMARKS- PLT REMEMBERS TRYING TO PULL UP TO AVOID GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7502Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Abernathy
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