- Date
- October 3, 1975
- Place
- Elkmont, AL · ELKMONT, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6296ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751003032389A
- Case key
- 151383
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3940 75/10/3 ELKMONT,AL PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1032 TIME - 1200 N6296Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 760 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOBBS STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKMONT,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 760 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 10K.ACFT OVERLOADED FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6296Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hobbs Strip
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Other investigations on N6296Z · 1
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