- Date
- July 21, 1965
- Place
- Burnt Corn, AL · BURNT CORN, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7139ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176862
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1733 65/7/21 BURNT CORN ALA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1065 TIME - 1000 N7139Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 325 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-PILOT BLINDED BY FLUID FROM BROKEN SPRAY LINE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 850 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 - 400 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7139Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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