- Date
- August 11, 1975
- Place
- Portage, WI · PORTAGE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N55891Stearman A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750811026019A
- Case key
- 150517
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3298 75/8/11 PORTAGE,WI STEARMAN A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 605 TIME - 1610 N55891 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 198 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTAGE,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SURVEY FIELD/AREA PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 250 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 850 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- LOW RUN TO SURVEY THE AREA.20 FLT HRS RECORDED DAY OF ACDT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55891
- Reported as
- Stearman A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N55891Registration cancelled Sep 18, 2012 · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.