- Date
- May 12, 1964
- Place
- Cooter, MO · COOTER, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7492DPiper PA18A
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184883
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0139 64/5/12 COOTER MO PIPER PA18A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1488 TIME - UNK/NR N7492D PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 178 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 272 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 400 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7492D
- Reported as
- Piper PA18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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