- Date
- March 25, 1974
- Place
- Belle Glade, FL · BELLE GLADE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7625ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740325008039A
- Case key
- 153338
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1026 74/3/25 NR.BELLE GLADE,FLA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 2196 TIME - 0745 N7625Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1946 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KNIGHT FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELLE GLADE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1900 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 15 REMARKS- SPRAYING CELERY.HIT ROCK ADJ TO RUNWAY.SHOCK CORDS BROKE ON L GR WING HIT GND WHEN GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7625Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Knight Farm
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.