- Date
- June 4, 1964
- Place
- Geraldine, MT · GERALDINE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2693PPiper PA18A
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183189
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1539 64/6/4 GERALDINE MONT PIPER PA18A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3100 TIME - 0500 N2693P PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 950 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3700 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- SPRAY DUMP VALVE STUCK SO PILOT COULD NOT DUMP LOAD. UPHILL RUN OVER HILLY TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2693P
- Reported as
- Piper PA18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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