- Date
- September 18, 1970
- Place
- Humboldt, MN · HUMBOLDT, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7767ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143053
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3745 70/9/18 HUMBOLDT,MINN PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1100 TIME - 1700 N7767Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOCKWITZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUMBOLDT,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 800 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- R X-WIND GUSTING TO 12K. SPRAYING UNSEEDED FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7767Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bockwitz
N7767ZRegistration cancelled Dec 23, 2015 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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