- Date
- August 30, 1976
- Place
- Shellman, GA · SHELLMAN, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1285WWeatherly 201B
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760830028149A
- Case key
- 155822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2941 76/8/30 SHELLMAN,GA WEATHERLY 201B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1850 TIME - 1825 N1285W PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHELLMAN,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 553 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- PILOT SPRAYING PEANUTS.RNWY ROUGH PROP CTCTD SURFACE PLT ABORTED TKOF UN STOP ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1285W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 201B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
N1285WRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Weatherly 201BAirframe modelWeatherly 201BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1285W · 1
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