- Date
- June 2, 1972
- Place
- Crawford, NE · CRAWFORD, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4997YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166886
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2121 72/6/2 CRAWFORD,NEBR PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2020 TIME - 1130 N4997Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 750 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTTSBLUFF,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS IN FLIGHT: MANEUVER TO AVOID OBSTRUCTION PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED 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 80 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 950 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (DUST) KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM HILLY PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - FIRST 1/3 TURN REMARKS- UN CLEAR RISING TERRAIN N OF FLD,TURNED W,UN CLIMB OVR PWR LINE,FLEW UNDER.DENS ALT 5900FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4997Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4997YRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N4997Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.