- Date
- September 13, 1979
- Place
- Shreveport, LA · SHREVEPORT, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63804Boeing PT-17
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790913023299A
- Case key
- 133925
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2193 79/9/13 SHREVEPORT,LA BOEING PT-17 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 20000 TIME - 1210 N63804 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 8000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAYLOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHREVEPORT,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 203 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63804
- Reported as
- Boeing PT-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Naylor
N63804Registered now · Boeing PT-17Airframe modelBoeing PT-17Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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