- Date
- June 27, 1974
- Place
- Pollard, AR · POLLARD, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4798YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740627019079A
- Case key
- 125870
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1611 74/6/27 POLLARD,ARK PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 3555 TIME - 1103 N4798Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POLLARD,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 95 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 45 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 350 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4798Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4798YRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2012 · Piper PA-25-260Airframe modelPiper PA-25-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N4798Y · 1
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