- Date
- July 8, 1967
- Place
- Chaffee, ND · CHAFFEE, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4923MPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115552
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2448 67/7/8 CHAFFEE, N DAK PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1600 TIME - 1930 N4923M PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS 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 CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 953 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND REMARKS- PLT FLEW UNDER HIGH TENSION WIRES. ACFT STRUCK TELEPHONE LINES AND POLE BEYOND POWER LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4923M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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