- Date
- October 25, 1973
- Place
- Caddo Mills, TX · CADDO MILLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6610ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731025033569A
- Case key
- 188406
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3038 73/10/25 CADDO MILLS,TEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1300 TIME - 0530 N6610Z PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 858 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CADDO MILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CADDO MILLS,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT MADE TOO TIGHT A TURN WHILE IN A STEEP BANK FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL RETRN FLT TEST ON SPRAY EQP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6610Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Caddo Mills
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.