- Date
- June 3, 1964
- Place
- Overbrook, KS · OVERBROOK, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8887DPiper PA18
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183176
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1530 64/6/3 OVERBROOK KANS PIPER PA18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1845 N8887D PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY 43, 9500 TOTAL HOURS, 350 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 650 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 890 FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8887D
- Reported as
- Piper PA18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed