- Date
- July 6, 1966
- Place
- Los Fresnos, TX · LOS FRESNOS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9919YChampion 7GCB
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171697
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0548 66/7/6 LOS FRESNOS TEX CHAMPION 7GCB CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1850 N9919Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 42, 8700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 600 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOMEZ AERO SERVIC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 18 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- WIRE APPX 22 FT ABOVE GRD LOCATED 1/4 MI SOUTH OF FIELD TO BE SPRAYED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9919Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gomez Aero Servic
N9919YRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2018 · Aeronca 7GCAirframe modelAeronca 7GCEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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