- Date
- August 22, 1974
- Place
- Climax, GA · CLIMAX, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4682YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740822029389A
- Case key
- 136713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2928 74/8/22 CLIMAX,GA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1110 TIME - 1600 N4682Y PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 175 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLIMAX AG STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAINBRIDGE,GA CLIMAX,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT DID NOT KNOW WIDTH AND LENGTH OF RWY. HIT CORN ON L SIDE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4682Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Climax Ag Strip
N4682YRegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2012 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.
Other investigations on N4682Y · 2
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