- Date
- August 11, 1980
- Place
- Plaquemine, LA · PLAQUEMINE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4485YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800811034879A
- Case key
- 129397
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1807 80/8/11 NR.PLAQUEMINE,LA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2000 N4485Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 35, 5850 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 750 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAQUEMINE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 750 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY 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 - 15 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SPRAYING SUGAR CANE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4485Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N4485Y · 1
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