- Date
- July 5, 1978
- Place
- Steamboat Rock, IA · STEAMBOAT ROCK, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N57703Piper PA-36
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780705020349A
- Case key
- 140590
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1967 78/7/5 STEAMBOAT ROCK,IA PIPER PA-36 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N57703 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 33, 3387 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IOWA FALLS,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 300 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1000 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57703
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.