- Date
- July 15, 1975
- Place
- Plainview, TX · PLAINVIEW, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4906YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750715020109A
- Case key
- 149487
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1760 75/7/15 PLAINVIEW,TX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1008 N4906Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION 3100 TOTAL HOURS, 460 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINVIEW,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 460 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3380 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND REMARKS- HIT WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4906Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N4906Y · 1
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