- Date
- June 2, 1973
- Place
- Lodgepole, NE · LODGEPOLE, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6786HPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730602013289A
- Case key
- 190358
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1392 73/6/2 NR.LODGEPOLE,NEBR PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 18000 TIME - 0830 N6786H PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIDGEPORT,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 4000 PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN REMARKS- DRG LINE UP FOR 4TH SWATH RUN FELT DNDFT.UN MAINTAIN FLT,CUT PWR,T/D 3 POINT PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6786H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.