- Date
- April 26, 1977
- Place
- Holtville, CA · HOLTVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4830YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770426009819A
- Case key
- 152449
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0680 77/4/26 HOLTVILLE,CA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0745 N4830Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 49, 16000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 4500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - D & S FLYING SVC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLTVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1400 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - 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 - 30 REMARKS- DUSTING ALFALFA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4830Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- D & S Flying Svc
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Other investigations on N4830Y · 1
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