- Date
- September 29, 1975
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA · LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4912NBoeing A75
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750929032719A
- Case key
- 151256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3017 75/9/29 LAKE CHARLES,LA BOEING A75 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 3735 TIME - 1100 N4912N PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUDDY ESTES AG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CHARLES,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3735 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - BEANS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 - 20
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4912N
- Reported as
- Boeing A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buddy Estes Ag
N4912NRegistration cancelled Dec 10, 2012 · Boeing B75N1Airframe modelBoeing B75N1Engine modelPratt & Whitney WJR-B-S-T
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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.