# Accident 19791101029949A: Boeing B75N1, Crystal City, TX, November 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1979, 16:15 local time
- Place: Crystal City, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 28.6907° N, 99.8271° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crystal City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6907&lon=-99.8271&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75939, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75939) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B75N1 (registry code 1380144, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (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 B75N1
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRG07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791101029949A

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO FAILURE OF CAM DRIVE RIVETS.

## 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 FTW80DRG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRG07), Nov 1, 1979: Boeing B75N1 (N75939), Crystal City, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N75939 (2)

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

- [Accident 19970730020879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970730020879A), Jul 30, 1997: Boeing B75N1 (N75939), Lone Rock, WI, Substantial damage. Aircraft right brake locked causing aircraft to ground loop and damage lower left wing pane. (-23) (hayes brakes) r.h. brake lining was contaminated with oil.…
- [Incident 19850518036409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850518036409I), May 18, 1985: Boeing B75N1 (N75939), Frederick, OK, Minor damage. Bounced on landing and tail started to rise. Propeller struck ground and aircraft flipped onto its back.

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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