- Date
- July 4, 1967
- Place
- Bonita Sprgs, FL · BONITA SPRGS, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1677PPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115818
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0387 67/7/4 BONITA SPRGS,FLA PIPER PA-18A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N1677P PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 38, 2310 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 9 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1500 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING OTHER KIND OF CROP - MOSQUITO CONTROL TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 100 SWAMPY/WATER SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND DENSE WITH TREES PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN REMARKS- MOSQUITO CONTROL FLIGHT. PLTS AERIAL APPLICATION TIME IN SINGLE-ENG AIRCRAFT VERY LIMITED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1677P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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