- Date
- September 19, 1970
- Place
- Bovina, TX · BOVINA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N61268Boeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147482
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3787 70/9/19 BOVINA,TEX BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 8340 TIME - 1100 N61268 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2175 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOVINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOVINA,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - 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 - 4150 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- BLADE BROKE OFF APRX 13IN FRM TIP.BREAK STARTED AT NICK,FACE OF BLADE.SUGAR BEETS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61268
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bovina
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Other investigations on N61268 · 1
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