- Date
- May 2, 1973
- Place
- Mccune, KS · MCCUNE, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1556MCessna 188
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730502010639A
- Case key
- 190717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1068 73/5/2 MCCUNE,KANS CESSNA 188 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1340 N1556M PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 28, 2274 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 41 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURG KANS PITTSBURG,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 610 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CLOVER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - 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 - 804 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- DID NOT PULL UP HIGH ENOUGH TO MISS WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1556M
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N1556M · 1
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