# NTSB CHI66A0093: Boeing B75N1, N4629N, Franklin, KY, May 28, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 28, 1966
- Place: Franklin, KY · FRANKLIN, KY
- Location: 36.7128° N, 86.5536° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franklin, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7128&lon=-86.5536&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 12, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171167
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66A0093
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66A0093

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1158  66/5/28    FRANKLIN,KY         BOEING B75N1        CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1845                    N4629N              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   AGE 28, 2441 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            30 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WARREN SIMMS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ASYMETRICAL FLAPS
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - Z                          KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS                              TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GOGGLES - USED
          CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED                            COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED
          CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED                                TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
        REMARKS- PLT ENTERED LOOP ON RETURN TO STRIP.ACFT STALLED INVERTED.INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FOR SAFE RECOVERY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4629N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4629N-2014-10-09), registration cancelled 2014-10-09, S/N 75-8022, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing B75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (registry code 1380144) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Warren Simms

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.

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