- Date
- August 22, 1972
- Place
- De Leon, TX · DE LEON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3576GCallair A-9
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3022 72/8/22 DE LEON,TEX CALLAIR A-9 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3960 TIME - 0640 N3576G PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DE LEON MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DE LEON,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 280 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- PEANUT CROP.LOAD OF 122 GAL CHEMICAL FUNGICIDE. PLT STATED WIND SHIFTED TO TAILWIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3576G
- Reported as
- Callair A-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- De Leon Municipal
N3576GRegistration cancelled Sep 30, 1981 · Intermountain CALLAIR A-9Airframe modelIntermountain CALLAIR A-9
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Other investigations on N3576G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.