- Date
- June 20, 1964
- Place
- Sleepy Eye, MN · SLEEPY EYE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2421APiper PA18
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183449
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1749 64/6/20 SLEEPY EYE MINN PIPER PA18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N2421A PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE UNK/NR, 2000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 95 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 2 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1100 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1170
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2421A
- Reported as
- Piper PA18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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