- Date
- May 12, 1973
- Place
- Hornersville, MO · HORNERSVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7564ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730512012619A
- Case key
- 190592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1196 73/5/12 HORNERSVILLE,MO PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1580 TIME - 1610 N7564Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HORNERSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HORNERSVILLE,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 248 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOTS ATTENTION DIVERTED TO SPRAY CONTROL UNIT.SPRAYING FOR WEED CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7564Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hornersville
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.