- Date
- July 3, 1965
- Place
- Jesup, GA · JESUP, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7217HPiper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1475 65/7/3 JESUP GA PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 450 TIME - 1100 N7217H PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 30 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - TOBACCO 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 - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 120 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7217H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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