- Date
- August 7, 1971
- Place
- Muscle Shoals, AL · MUSCLE SHOALS, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4414YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162786
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3012 71/8/7 MUSCLE SHOALS,ALA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0830 N4414Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 30, 1755 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 360 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOWN CREEK,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 330 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 590 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- SPRAYING MALMETHYL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4414Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4414YRegistration cancelled Apr 19, 2011 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N4414Y · 2
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