FTW67D0651

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing B75N-1 · Crowley, LA · June 9, 1967

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
June 9, 1967
Place
Crowley, LA · CROWLEY, LA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N75261Boeing B75N-1
Status
Completed · report September 22, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
116685

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1920   67/6/9    CROWLEY,LA          BOEING B75N-1       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 9000
        TIME - 1830                    N75261              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 8000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WILDER AIRSTROP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9000                       KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST)
          KIND OF CROP - RICE                                      TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY 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 -  50                  SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND
        REMARKS- TRUCK DRIVEN INTO TAKEOFF PATH OF ACFT. PLT WAS UNABLE AVOID TRUCK.

Aircraft

Registration
N75261
Reported as
Boeing B75N-1
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Wilder Airstrop

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