- Date
- September 25, 1972
- Place
- Steele, MO · STEELE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4548YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2943 72/9/25 STEELE,MO PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1623 TIME - 1700 N4548Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 1032 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEELE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEELE,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1023 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - PASTURE PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY 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 - 260 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- FOUR GALLONS OF FUEL FOUND IN TANK.TWO GALLONS UNUSABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4548Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Steele
N4548YRegistration cancelled Jul 21, 1988 · Piper/Midwest Air Center PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper/Midwest Air Center PA-25-235
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