- Date
- May 31, 1979
- Place
- Chouteau, OK · CHOUTEAU, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7161ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790531010259A
- Case key
- 135981
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0819 79/5/31 CHOUTEAU,OK PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE,FL.INSTR., AGE TIME - 1120 N7161Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION 25, 1116 TOTAL HOURS, 500 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRYOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHOUTEAU,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: CLEANUP SWATH 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 - 500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY 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 - 621 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7161Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pryor
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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.