- Date
- March 20, 1968
- Place
- Elton, LA · ELTON, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4590NBoeing E75
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118624
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0615 68/3/20 ELTON,LA BOEING E75 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 9253 TIME - 0845 N4590N PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 8500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9000 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 100 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4590N
- Reported as
- Boeing E75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage