- Date
- March 31, 1966
- Place
- Taylortown, TX · TAYLORTOWN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5409NBoeing B-75N1
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0542 66/3/31 TAYLORTOWN TEX BOEING B-75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 11000 TIME - 1420 N5409N PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 8000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 550 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5409N
- Reported as
- Boeing B-75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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