- Date
- May 10, 1974
- Place
- Loxahatchee, FL · LOXAHATCHEE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4457YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740510012839A
- Case key
- 125939
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2187 74/5/10 LOXAHATCHEE,FLA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 2500 TIME - 1000 N4457Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2460 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KNIGHT FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOXAHATCHEE,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 - FATIGUE FRACTURE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2460 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- R MAIN LDG GR SHOCK STRUT P/N 64052-03 BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4457Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- 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.