# NTSB FTW69D0480: Boeing A75, N61604, Beedeville, AR, April 3, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 3, 1969
- Place: Beedeville, AR · BEEDEVILLE, AR
- Location: 35.4292° N, 91.1107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beedeville, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4292&lon=-91.1107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 13, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187689
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69D0480
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69D0480

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0901   69/4/3    BEEDEVILLE,ARK      BOEING A75          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1400
        TIME - 1530                    N61604              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - RICE                                      TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                 GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N61604](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61604-2013-08-05), registration cancelled 2013-08-05, S/N 751033, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75
- Registry model: [Boeing E75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75n1) (registry code 1380154) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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