- Date
- April 30, 1974
- Place
- North Elba, NY · NORTH ELBA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N14TDPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740430013859A
- Case key
- 186360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0789 74/4/30 NORTH ELBA,NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1115 N14TD PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 30, 4610 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 225 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE PLACID,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 225 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING FORESTS KIND OF CROP - MOSQUITO CONTROL TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3000 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- ACCELERATED STALL DURING STEEP TURN TO AVOID GROUND COLLISION.INSECT CONTROL FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14TD
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- 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.