- Date
- May 2, 1970
- Place
- Deweyville, TX · DEWEYVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3994BBoeing E75N5356NBoeing E75
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0870 70/5/2 DEWEYVILLE,TEX BOEING E75 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3300 TIME - 1130 N5356N PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EBNER FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEWEYVILLE,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2300 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 50 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- N5356N WAS HEADING WEST. ACFT WERE NOT RADIO EQUIPPED. PLTS DEVIATED FROM COMPANY PROCEDURES.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0870 70/5/2 DEWEYVILLE,TEX BOEING E75 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 16155 TIME - 1130 N3994B PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 15500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EBNER FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEWEYVILLE,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLEANUP SWATH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 50 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES REMARKS- PLT OF N3994B WAS WATCHING BEHIND WG FOR FERTILIZER FLOW,HEADING NORTH. LND SAFELY AT STRIP.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3994B
- Reported as
- Boeing E75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ebner Farm
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N5356N
- Reported as
- Boeing E75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ebner Farm
Other investigations on N3994B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MKC85LA178Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFairfield, IAA Beech baron departed just prior to N3994B. N3994B was heavily loaded and encountered turblence after lifting off. The acft drifted to the rt until it was over a corn field about 100 ft to the rt of the rwy. The plt tried to correct back to the rwy but the…NTSB FTW71FRA49Accident · No injuriesClosedFannett, TX