- Date
- March 16, 1965
- Place
- Cabo Rojo, PR · CABO ROJO, PR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6878ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179224
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1092 65/3/16 CABO ROJO PR PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1200 TIME - 0900 N6878Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 600 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER 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 - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- TAKEOFF ATTEMPTED WITH ELEV.TRIMED NOSE DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6878Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6878ZRegistration cancelled Oct 24, 2017 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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