- Date
- July 18, 1967
- Place
- Taylorsville, GA · TAYLORSVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3769PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0558 67/7/18 TAYLORSVILLE, GA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N3769P PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 23, 800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 60 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 60 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 CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LNDG ON COUNTRY ROAD USED PREVIOUSLY. LEFT WING STRUCK EMBANKMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3769P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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