# NTSB FTW70F0025: Callair B-1, N7295V, Poteet, TX, June 3, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 3, 1969
- Place: Poteet, TX · POTEET, TX
- Location: 29.0380° N, 98.5714° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Poteet, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0380&lon=-98.5714&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 15, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178010
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW70F0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70F0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1497   69/6/3    POTEET,TEX          CALLAIR B-1         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 10000
        TIME - 0915                    N7295V              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRISON STRIP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - OTHER                                     TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
          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                  ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  350
        REMARKS- LANDED DUE APPROACHING RAIN SHOWERS. 150 GALS SPRAY IN TANKS. L BRAKE DISC FAILED.SPRAYING PEANUTS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7295V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7295V-2012-10-16), registration cancelled 2012-10-16, S/N 10031, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CALLAIR B-1
- Registry model: [Aero Commander CALLAIR B-1A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-callair-b-1a) (registry code 0144308) (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Harrison Strip

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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