- Date
- August 25, 1966
- Place
- East Chain, MN · EAST CHAIN, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4443YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122400
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0649 66/8/25 NR.EAST CHAIN MINN PIPER PA-25 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 1463 TIME - 1935 N4443Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 440 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 450 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1130 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- ON PULL-UP PLT SAW BRO S CRASHED BURNING ACFT.TRIED TO DROP CHEM ON WRECKAGE,STALLED ACFT IN TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4443Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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