- Date
- August 16, 1978
- Place
- Augusta, AR · AUGUSTA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9771PPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780816024109A
- Case key
- 140077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2237 78/8/16 AUGUSTA,AR PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1880 TIME - 1600 N9771P PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUGUSTA,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1800 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - BEANS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT 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 - 210 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9771P
- 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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