- Date
- July 12, 1972
- Place
- Socorro, NM · SOCORRO, NM
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N73648Boeing B-17
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167802
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3785 72/7/12 SOCORRO,N MEX BOEING B-17 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 3500 TIME - 1605 N73648 PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL TOTAL HOURS, 325 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALAMOGORDO,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- WITNESSES STATED PILOT WAS TOO LOW ON SECOND SLURRY RUN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73648
- Reported as
- Boeing B-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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