- Date
- May 1, 1972
- Place
- Iowa, LA · IOWA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46888Boeing 75
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166074
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1909 72/5/1 IOWA,LA BOEING 75 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 2500 TIME - 1000 N46888 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORBELLO AG STRIP DENNISON STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRECTING LENSES-NOT USED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - SAGE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 25 REMARKS- PLT MISTOOK PLOWED FLD FOR FARM STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46888
- Reported as
- Boeing 75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Morgan Crop Serv
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