- Date
- May 12, 1976
- Place
- Caddo, OK · CADDO, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6457ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760512012249A
- Case key
- 153331
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1026 76/5/12 CADDO,OK PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1507 TIME - 0745 N6457Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 728 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CADDO,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- BEE IN COCKPIT DISTRACTED PLT. FERRY TO OTR AG AREA,NO LOAD ABD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6457Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6457ZRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Piper PA-25Airframe modelPiper PA-25Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.