- Date
- August 2, 1974
- Place
- Fabens, TX · FABENS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1767SSnow 600S2D
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740802022049A
- Case key
- 132565
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1890 74/8/2 FABENS,TEX SNOW 600S2D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 18000 TIME - 1030 N1767S PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 2700 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FABENS,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3660 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- PILOT GROUND LOOPED TO AVOID LEVEE AFTER 1 FT OF PROP BLADE SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1767S
- Reported as
- Snow 600S2D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1767SRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 1990 · Aero Commander 600 S-2DAirframe modelAero Commander 600 S-2D
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1767S · 1
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