- Date
- October 25, 1965
- Place
- Litchfield Pk, AZ · LITCHFIELD PK, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N45024Naval Arcft N3N-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175073
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3058 65/10/25 LITCHFIELD PK ARI NAVAL ARCFT N3N-3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1735 N45024 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 57, 10568 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1510 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5000 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - LETTUCE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1060 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45024
- Reported as
- Naval Arcft N3N-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N45024Registered now · Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3Airframe modelNaval Aircraft Factory N3N-3Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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