- Date
- July 19, 1968
- Place
- Moses Lake, WA · MOSES LAKE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6654ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108102
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4963 68/7/19 NR.MOSES LAKE,WASH PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0550 N6654Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 24, 2037 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1200 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOSES LAKE,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1000 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 USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- SKIDDED ON TURN WORKING UNDER PWR LINES. R WG CAUGHT IN TALL WHEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6654Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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