- Date
- September 27, 1975
- Place
- Hale Center, TX · HALE CENTER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6980ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750927032289A
- Case key
- 151209
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3054 75/9/27 HALE CENTER,TX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 5000 TIME - 1545 N6980Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HALE CENTER,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 800 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - 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 - 3300 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- R WNG HIT WEEDS DURING LDG ON ROAD TO CK SPRAY EQUIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6980Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6980ZRegistration cancelled Feb 14, 2013 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N6980Z · 2
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