- Date
- May 18, 1970
- Place
- Encinal, TX · ENCINAL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1676SSnow S2C
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 123067
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2188 70/5/18 ENCINAL,TEX SNOW S2C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1215 TIME - 1100 N1676S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RANCH STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ENCINAL,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1250 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING FORESTS KIND OF CROP - MESQUITE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 525 REMARKS- ENCTRD WIND SHIFT DRG TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1676S
- Reported as
- Snow S2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ranch Strip
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Other investigations on N1676S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW82DA249Accident · No injuriesFinal reportOzona, TXThe pilot had finished a spray operation on the previous day and was moving the aircraft to a new location. During takeoff, the engine lost power and the plane was landed in a bushy/wooded area. During landing, the right wing was damaged. The pilot…NTSB FTW75DRG74Accident · No injuriesClosedBeeville, TX