- Date
- May 3, 1967
- Place
- Nashua, NH · NASHUA, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1866APiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117909
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0707 67/5/3 NASHUA,NH PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 750 TIME - 0830 N1866A PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOIRE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 237 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING OTHER KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -HILLY ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 300 DENSE WITH TREES SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- AS PLT CHECKED SPRAY PATTERN ACFT HIT A TREE ANDBROKE THE LDG GR.FURTHER ACFT DAMAGE ON LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1866A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boire
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