# NTSB FTW69F0479: Champion 7GCB, N9870Y, Mt.View, OK, April 2, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 2, 1969
- Place: Mt.View, OK · MT.VIEW, OK
- Location: 34.7970° N, 98.1767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount View, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7970&lon=-98.1767&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 13, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187655
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69F0479
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69F0479

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0898   69/4/2    MT.VIEW,OKLA        CHAMPION 7GCB       CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 260
        TIME - 1810                    N9870Y              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -   15                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - PASTURE                                   TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - USED
          CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED                            COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED
          CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED                                TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY
          TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT                                 ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  1400
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM                          PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - SECOND 1/3 TURN
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- SPRAYING ORTHO ETHEL PARATHION.PLTS WIFE SAID HE WAS ILL BEFORE EATING LUNCH.TOXICOLOGY TESTS NEG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9870Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9870Y-1970-06-26), registration cancelled 1970-06-26, S/N 7GCB-80 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCB
- Registry model: [Champion 7GCB](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcb) (registry code 21101PC) (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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