- Date
- May 25, 1981
- Place
- Crowville, LA · CROWVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4226NWSK PZL M-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810525029789A
- Case key
- 125497
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1101 81/5/25 NR.CROWVILLE,LA WSK PZL M-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 10560 TIME - 1515 N4226N PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARM ROAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CROWVILLE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - BEANS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 80 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- FARM TRUCK PULLED ON PVT FARM ROAD BEING USED AS RWY.FARMER HAD BEEN WARNED 3 TIMES TO AVOID ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4226N
- Reported as
- WSK PZL M-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farm Road
N4226NRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2013 · Wsk-Pzl-Mielec PZL-M-18Airframe modelWsk-Pzl-Mielec PZL-M-18
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4226N · 1
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