- Date
- June 9, 1968
- Place
- Lake Lillian, MN · LAKE LILLIAN, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1762PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201091
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1817 68/6/9 LAKE LILLIAN,MINN PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0630 N1762P PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 48, 6500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NIELSON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2400 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - BEANS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STALLED FROM STEEP TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1762P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nielson
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