- Date
- August 16, 1965
- Place
- Leland, MS · LELAND, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3883ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177329
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0772 65/8/16 NR.LELAND MISS PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 2000 TIME - 1800 N3883Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1000 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 - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 115 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WHILE ON A SWATH RUN THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY PULLED UP STEEPLY,STALLED,CRASHED,AND BURNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3883Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3883ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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