- Date
- April 26, 1965
- Place
- El Campo, TX · EL CAMPO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3997BBoeing E-75
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178567
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1805 65/4/26 EL CAMPO TEX BOEING E-75 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N3997B PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 34, 2100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 550 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 550 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - 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 - 100
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3997B
- Reported as
- Boeing E-75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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