- Date
- July 18, 1978
- Place
- Calexico, CA · CALEXICO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N44504Piper PA-36
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780718030139A
- Case key
- 140224
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2854 78/7/18 CALEXICO,CA PIPER PA-36 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1583 TIME - 0440 N44504 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 209 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRAVO STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALEXICO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1152 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY 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 - 0 REMARKS- ACFT HIT CEMENT WATER STAND PIPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44504
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bravo Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.