- Date
- June 24, 1970
- Place
- Los Fresnos, TX · LOS FRESNOS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1128ZFairchild F-23A
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126249
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0786 70/6/24 LOS FRESNOS,TEX FAIRCHILD F-23A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 8000 TIME - 1830 N1128Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS FRESNOS,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2250 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 30 REMARKS- PLT ADVSD OTR SPRAY PLT,CHEMICAL ALL GONE,WILL WAIT OVRHD.ACFT OBSVD APRX 70DEG NOSE DWN TO IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1128Z
- Reported as
- Fairchild F-23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1128ZRegistration cancelled Mar 9, 2018 · Fairchild Funk M62C F-23AAirframe modelFairchild Funk M62C F-23AEngine modelContinental W670 series
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