# NTSB CHI83LER03: Boeing A75N1, N51125, Sabin, MN, August 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1983, 08:33 local (13:33 UTC)
- Place: Sabin, MN
- Coordinates: 46.779121, -96.649108 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7791&lon=-96.6491&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12361
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LER03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12361/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LER03

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ACFT COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N51125](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51125-2014-10-14), registration cancelled 2014-10-14, S/N 75-586, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing A75N1(PT17)](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (registry code 1380134) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75-586
- Airframe hours: 3236
- Engines: P&W R985-14B 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Walkinshaw Warren V.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 12, 1983, 310 hours before
- Departed: ARGUSVILLE, ND

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,500 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FAR, 10 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830814040879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830814040879A), Aug 14, 1983: Boeing A75N1, Sabin, MN, Substantial damage. Struck wires and crashed during a pull up from a spray run.

## Other investigations on N51125 (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 MKC72FTG23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72FTG23), Jun 20, 1972: Boeing A75N1 (N51125), Argusville, ND, substantial damage

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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