- Date
- August 16, 1964
- Place
- Trickham, AL · TRICKHAM, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6657ZPiper PA25
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182489
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2510 64/8/16 TRICKHAM ALA PIPER PA25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 8000 TIME - 1715 N6657Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - Z TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 6000 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 - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 175
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6657Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Z
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