- Date
- October 14, 1978
- Place
- Maui, HI · MAUI, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1015YMurrayair MA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781014034009A
- Case key
- 143912
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3091 78/10/14 MAUI,HI MURRAYAIR MA-1B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 19640 TIME - 0740 N1015Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 466 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLANTATION STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAUI,HI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 800
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1015Y
- Reported as
- Murrayair MA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plantation Strip
N1015YRegistration cancelled Jun 1, 2011 · Emroth-Emair MA-1Airframe modelEmroth-Emair MA-1Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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Other investigations on N1015Y · 1
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