- Date
- July 27, 1972
- Place
- Picacho, AZ · PICACHO, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6877ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3776 72/7/27 PICACHO,ARIZ PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 386 TIME - 0600 N6877Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 117 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PICACHO,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 116 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC 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 - 1640 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- FLEW TOO CLOSE TO LEAD ACFT DURG SWATH RUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6877Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6877ZRegistration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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