- Date
- February 15, 1965
- Place
- Plainville, IN · PLAINVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9955HBoeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0142 65/2/15 NR. PLAINVILLE IND BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1225 N9955H PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 41, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 5000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5000 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - PASTURE PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -HILLY ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 500 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9955H
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9955HRegistered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelContinental W670 series
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