- Date
- June 25, 1973
- Place
- Mediapolis, IA · MEDIAPOLIS, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4719YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730625017909A
- Case key
- 173547
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1696 73/6/25 MEDIAPOLIS,IOWA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1915 N4719Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 48, 6098 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1460 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHARAR PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEDIAPOLIS,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 721 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- ACFT LOADED SAME AS ON PREV TRIPS.UN CLB OUT OF GND EFFECT,APCHG WIRES PCT ELECTED TO LND ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4719Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sharar Private
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4719Y · 2
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