- Date
- January 2, 1975
- Place
- Belle Glade, FL · BELLE GLADE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84543Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750102000859A
- Case key
- 147450
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0204 75/1/2 BELLE GLADE,FL AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 500 TIME - 0900 N84543 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHEM AIRSPRAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELLE GLADE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 31 KIND OF OPERATION - CHASING BIRDS KIND OF CROP - CORN PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 17 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND REMARKS- BIRD CHASING IN CORN FLD.LOST CTL DRG LOW DOWNWIND TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84543
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chem Airspray
N84543Registration cancelled Mar 10, 1975 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N84543 · 1
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