- Date
- July 27, 1973
- Place
- Grove, KS · GROVE, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4927YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730727021529A
- Case key
- 189571
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1961 73/7/27 GROVE,KANS PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N4927Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 28, 1978 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 370 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLEY,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 400 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC 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 ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2950 REMARKS- LDG ON ROAD.BEGAN GO ARND DUE TALL WEEDS.L WG HIT WEEDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4927Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N4927Y · 2
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