- Date
- June 28, 1965
- Place
- Sutherland, NE · SUTHERLAND, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1894APiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1496 65/6/28 NR.SUTHERLAND NEBR PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0830 N1894A PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 44, 16750 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3000 REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION-SPRAY BOOM CAUGHT ON WEEDS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1894A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1894ARegistered now · Piper PA-18AS-125Airframe modelPiper PA-18AS-125Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N1894A · 1
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