- Date
- August 17, 1972
- Place
- Guymon, OK · GUYMON, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4959YPipep PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167847
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3141 72/8/17 GUYMON,OKLA PIPEP PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1112 TIME - 0830 N4959Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROLLA,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 77 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT 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 - 3505 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- ATTEMPTED LANDING ON DIRT ROAD,WEEDS HITTING RIGHT WING CAUSED LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4959Y
- Reported as
- Pipep PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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