- Date
- May 21, 1967
- Place
- Thornton, WA · THORNTON, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6106ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117025
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1596 67/5/21 THORNTON, WASH PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0830 N6106Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 57, 3400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 640 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -HILLY ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1900 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK HILL IN FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6106Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6106ZRegistration cancelled Dec 31, 2022 · Piper PA-25Airframe modelPiper PA-25Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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