- Date
- May 27, 1966
- Place
- Swan Valley, ID · SWAN VALLEY, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7165BPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3021 66/5/27 SWAN VALLEY ID PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 612 TIME - 2015 N7165B PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 308 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 330 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT REMARKS- DURING TAKEOFF RUN ON DIRT ROAD PILOT DIVERTED ATTENTION TO APPROACHING TRUCK WHICH WAS NOT HAZARD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7165B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7165BRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N7165B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.