- Date
- May 8, 1976
- Place
- Delano, CA · DELANO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4684YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760508017119A
- Case key
- 153452
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1565 76/5/8 NR.DELANO,CA PIPER PA-25 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0223 N4684Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 38, 1406 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 215 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAKER FARM STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DELANO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 500 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT PWR LINES 36FT AGL ABT 800FT FRM END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4684Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Baker Farm Strip
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Other investigations on N4684Y · 1
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