- Date
- November 3, 1977
- Place
- Blythe, CA · BLYTHE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6947ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771103033799A
- Case key
- 144776
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3369 77/11/3 NR.BLYTHE,CA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 345 TIME - 1220 N6947Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLYTHE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 345 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - LETTUCE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 240 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- PILOT INADVERTENTLY FLEW INTO GRND,WAS LOOKING AT HOPPER TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6947Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Duster Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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