# NTSB MKC67A0017: Piper PA-25, N4443Y, East Chain, MN, August 25, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 25, 1966
- Place: East Chain, MN · EAST CHAIN, MN
- Location: 43.5588° N, 94.3652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Chain, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5588&lon=-94.3652&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 20, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122400
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC67A0017
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC67A0017

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4443Y-1968-03-05), registration cancelled 1968-03-05, S/N 25-4079, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (registry code 7102504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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