- Date
- May 27, 1970
- Place
- Knotts Island, NC · KNOTTS ISLAND, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N42425Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132031
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2349 70/5/27 KNOTTS ISLAND,NC PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 460 TIME - 2000 N42425 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CREEDS,VA KNOTTS ISLAND,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 84 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 0 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLOCK OF BIRDS FLEW UP INTO PATH OF ACFT. PLT INSTINCTIVELY DUCKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42425
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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