- Date
- June 23, 1964
- Place
- Weldon, AR · WELDON, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6712ZPiper PA25
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183640
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0440 64/6/23 WELDON ARK PIPER PA25 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 12000 TIME - 1300 N6712Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 250 FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6712Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6712ZRegistration cancelled May 4, 2019 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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