- Date
- February 28, 1981
- Place
- Colville, WA · COLVILLE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4991YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810228006219A
- Case key
- 127357
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0295 81/2/28 NR.COLVILLE,WA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1846 TIME - 1400 N4991Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 615 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLVILLE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 3400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 53 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 615 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3000 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT TREES DURING SPIN RECOVERY ABOUT 200 FT BELOW RIDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4991Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4991YRegistration cancelled Sep 5, 2012 · Piper PA-25-260Airframe modelPiper PA-25-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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