- Date
- June 22, 1976
- Place
- Mathews, MO · MATHEWS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4349YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760622018279A
- Case key
- 154415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1773 76/6/22 MATHEWS,MO PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 4005 TIME - 1100 N4349Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MATHEWS,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 161 HRS SINCE LAST INSPECTION. SPARK PLUG NR 4 CYL CENTER ELECTRODE MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4349Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- 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.