- Date
- March 31, 1966
- Place
- Bay City, TX · BAY CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4894NBoeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172014
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4171 66/3/31 BAY CITY TEX BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1820 TIME - 1544 N4894N PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLE AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 150 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 75 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN REMARKS- UPPER PART OF CARBURETOR THROAT CRACKED.PILOT STALLED AIRCRAFT,TRYING TO AVOID POWER LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4894N
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cole Airpark
N4894NRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2012 · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelPratt & Whitney WJR-B-S-T
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Other investigations on N4894N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.