- Date
- May 22, 1975
- Place
- Middlebury, VT · MIDDLEBURY, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8601LPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750522012659A
- Case key
- 148949
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1225 75/5/22 MIDDLEBURY,VT PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1400 TIME - 1800 N8601L PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 340 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDDLEBURY STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLEBURY,VT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 600 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID 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 REMARKS- TKOF ABT 3000 FT BEHIND LEAD ACFT AT APRX 100FT AGL ENCTRD VIOLENT R ROLL WITH NOSE DWN PITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8601L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Middlebury State
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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