- Date
- August 8, 1972
- Place
- Boydell, AR · BOYDELL, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N671WAero Comdr A-9A
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167959
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2870 72/8/8 BOYDELL,ARK AERO COMDR A-9A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 3500 TIME - 1230 N671W PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 750 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOYDELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOYDELL,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- PLT PASSED OUT IN FLT.NO TOXICOLOGY TEST PERFORMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N671W
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr A-9A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boydell
N671WRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2013 · Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9BAirframe modelAero Commander CALLAIR A-9BEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N671W · 2
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