- Date
- May 9, 1966
- Place
- Nederland, TX · NEDERLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N60885Boeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172279
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1144 66/5/9 NEDERLAND TEX BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 10500 TIME - 1130 N60885 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 5000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JEFFERSON COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE IN FLIGHT: CLEANUP SWATH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 6000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC 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 - 16 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60885
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jefferson County
N60885Registered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelContinental W670 series
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Other investigations on N60885 · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW85LA121Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHolmwood, LAThe acft was 1 of 2 that were being repositioned form 1 ag strip to another. While en route, the flt encountered dense fog & the lead plt initiated a 180 deg turn. During the turn, the 2nd acft (N60885) was about 100 ft in trail of the 1st acft at aprx 150 ft…NTSB FTW77FRD35Accident · No injuriesClosedSulphur, LANTSB FTW77DRD19Accident · No injuriesClosedLaccassine, LANTSB FTW75FRD41Accident · No injuriesClosedIowa, LANTSB FTW68F0616Accident · No injuriesClosedBeaumont, TX