- Date
- March 25, 1975
- Place
- Pine Bluff, AR · PINE BLUFF, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3538KPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750325007119A
- Case key
- 147721
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0553 75/3/25 PINE BLUFF,AR PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1215 N3538K PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 33, 2390 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 21 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PINE BLUFF,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 101 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 220 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - FIRST 1/3 TURN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3538K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3538KRegistration cancelled Aug 17, 2016 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3538K · 1
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