- Date
- April 20, 1974
- Place
- Beaumont, TX · BEAUMONT, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4546NBoeing E75
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740420009819A
- Case key
- 186184
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0946 74/4/20 BEAUMONT,TEX BOEING E75 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 442 TIME - 0805 N4546N PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 136 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAUMONT,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 75 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 25 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4546N
- Reported as
- Boeing E75
- 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.