- Date
- October 25, 1973
- Place
- Rochester, TX · ROCHESTER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7295ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731025035119A
- Case key
- 188142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3397 73/10/25 ROCHESTER,TEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1645 N7295Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY 35, 6624 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCHESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAGERTON,TEX ROCHESTER,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1800 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- PLT INCAPCTATN FOR REASN NOT DETERMND.ACFT OBSVD SPINNG NO ATTMPTD RECOVERY.NO ACFT MALFNCTN FOUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7295Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rochester
N7295ZRegistration cancelled Oct 20, 2017 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7295Z · 1
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