# Accident 19801217078519A: Boeing 75, Sulphur, LA, December 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1980, 10:50 local time
- Place: Sulphur, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.2298° N, 93.3563° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sulphur, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2298&lon=-93.3563&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62418, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62418-1990-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B75N1 (registry code 1380144, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 75
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,190 total, 281 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DRD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801217078519A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL ON AG STRIP. NOED OVER IN A DITCH.

## 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 FTW81DRD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD10), Dec 17, 1980: Boeing 75 (N62418), Sulphur, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N62418 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730519014579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730519014579A), May 19, 1973: Boeing B75N1 (N62418), Iowa, LA, Substantial damage. Hit 18IN hi levee.

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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