- Date
- May 27, 1969
- Place
- Wilsonville, NE · WILSONVILLE, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4514YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174614
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1760 69/5/27 WILSONVILLE,NEBR PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N4514Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 49, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 682 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - PASTURE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- L WG STRUCK POST. CONTINUED FLT,LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4514Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4514YRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2013 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N4514Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DFW05LA113Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHouston, TXA loss of engine power due to the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation in detecting contaminated fuel. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.NTSB FTW01LA094Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPearland, TXthe pilot's failure to refuel the airplane, which resulted in fuel exhaustion while in the traffic pattern.