# Accident 19760601017289A: Boeing 75, Summerfield, FL, June 1, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1976
- Place: Summerfield, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 29.0086° N, 82.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Summerfield, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0086&lon=-82.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5506A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5506A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 75 (registry code 1380104, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-75) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 75
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 120 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76DL061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DL061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760601017289A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SPRAYING WATERMELLONS.STRUCK BARBED WIRE FENCE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA76DL061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DL061), Jun 1, 1976: Boeing A75N1 (N5506A), Summerfield, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5506A (5)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19841110070309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841110070309A), Nov 10, 1984: Boeing 75 (N5506A), Rustburg, VA, Substantial damage. Made a hard downwind landing and flipped inverted. Was unable to arrest high sink rate. Downwind due to a upslope.
- [Incident 19840815053789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840815053789I), Aug 15, 1984: Boeing 75 (N5506A), Boones Mills, VA. Struck a powerline guy wire during a spray run. Poles hidden by trees. Aircraft not damaged.
- [Accident 19790717020059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790717020059A), Jul 17, 1979: Boeing A75 (N5506A), Summerfield, FL, Substantial damage. Landed on wet sod runway. Hit water filled low spot. Flipped over.
- [Accident 19751118037489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751118037489A), Nov 18, 1975: Boeing 75 (N5506A), Lake Placid, FL, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19741015041019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741015041019A), Oct 15, 1974: Boeing 75 (N5506A), Lake Placid, FL, Substantial damage. Plt looking to l at gas truck. Truck on r pulled out onto rwy.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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