- Date
- April 29, 1978
- Place
- Reedley, CA · REEDLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4363YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780429007879A
- Case key
- 142725
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0647 78/4/29 NR.REEDLEY,CA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1270 TIME - 0900 N4363Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 540 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREAT WESTERN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REEDLEY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 500 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAPES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC 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 -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 400 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- RT WING STRUCK TALL GRASS ON TKOF FROM COUNTY ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4363Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Great Western
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4363Y · 1
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