- Date
- September 21, 1977
- Place
- Pasco, WA · PASCO, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4566YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770921028089A
- Case key
- 145360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3105 77/9/21 PASCO,WA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 5514 TIME - 0900 N4566Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 3500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELTOPIA,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5000 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -NOT FASTENED 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 - 1000 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 10HRS FLT IN LAST 24.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4566Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4566Y · 2
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