- Date
- July 18, 1966
- Place
- Brownsville, TX · BROWNSVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9945YChampion 7GCBA
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122369
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0622 66/7/18 BROWNSVILLE TEX CHAMPION 7GCBA CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 7500 TIME - 0720 N9945Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIO GRANDE VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 7000 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 22 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9945Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rio Grande Valley
N9945YRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 2017 · Aeronca 7GCAirframe modelAeronca 7GCEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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