- Date
- August 14, 1973
- Place
- Wabbaseka, AR · WABBASEKA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7238ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730814024239A
- Case key
- 189494
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2067 73/8/14 WABBASEKA,ARK PIPER PA-25 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N7238Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 21, 950 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 700 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WABBASEKA,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NO WITNESSES. CRASHED IN OPEN FLD & CONSUMED BY FIRE.FLT PHASE UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7238Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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