- Date
- October 17, 1972
- Place
- Uvalde, TX · UVALDE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6662ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169095
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2927 72/10/17 UVALDE,TEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 7000 TIME - 1030 N6662Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 4500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARNER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UVALDE,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: STACKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC GLOVES - 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 - 940 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6662Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Garner Field
N6662ZRegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2013 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N6662Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.