- Date
- August 9, 1976
- Place
- Somerville, TN · SOMERVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60601Boeing A75
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760809023259A
- Case key
- 154922
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2294 76/8/9 SOMERVILLE,TN BOEING A75 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1085 TIME - 1400 N60601 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 181 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GROSE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOMERVILLE,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- FLT TO CALIBRATE SPRAY EQUIP WATER ON BOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60601
- Reported as
- Boeing A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grose Strip
N60601Registration cancelled Jun 30, 2017 · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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.