# Accident 19810408027309A: Boeing A75, Covington, OK, April 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Covington, OK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.3075° N, 97.5864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3075&lon=-97.5864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50149, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50149) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (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 A75
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DPJ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DPJ14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810408027309A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO CRASH INTO WINDMILL DURING SPRAY RUN.

## 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 FTW81DPJ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DPJ14), Apr 8, 1981: Boeing A75 (N50149), Covington, OK, destroyed

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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