- Date
- June 23, 1980
- Place
- Kanorado, KS · KANORADO, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9933PPiper PA-36
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800623022179A
- Case key
- 130828
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1195 80/6/23 KANORADO,KS PIPER PA-36 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 5100 TIME - 1100 N9933P PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 755 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANORADO,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1100 KIND OF OPERATION - CHECKING CROPS/TREES/OBSTRUCTIONS KIND OF CROP - CORN PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -HILLY ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3900 FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WING HIT GND DRG LOW ALT TURN AS PLT LOOKED AT MAP,WHILE SURVEYING FLD FOR AERIAL APPLICATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9933P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36
- 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.