- Date
- August 6, 1970
- Place
- Zuni, VA · ZUNI, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6725ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188735
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3353 70/8/6 ZUNI,VA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2044 TIME - 1430 N6725Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKLIN,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLEANUP SWATH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- SPRAYING PEANUTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6725Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6725ZRegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2013 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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