- Date
- May 23, 1974
- Place
- Brownsville, TX · BROWNSVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1660SSnow 600S2C
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740523013269A
- Case key
- 125893
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1048 74/5/23 BROWNSVILLE,TEX SNOW 600S2C CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1617 N1660S PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 24, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 86 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROWNSVILLE,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 200 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FAILED ON IMPACT GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 33 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - SECOND 1/3 TURN REMARKS- FLYING IN MODERATE TURBULENCE IN 3 SHIP FORMATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1660S
- Reported as
- Snow 600S2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.