- Date
- March 10, 1966
- Place
- El Centro, CA · EL CENTRO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N50756Boeing D75A-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0427 66/3/10 NR.EL CENTRO CALIF BOEING D75A-1 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2030 N50756 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 58, 18520 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 10005 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUTHITT STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 64 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999 KIND OF OPERATION - FERRY PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FAILED ON IMPACT GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- CRASHED DURING NITE T/O CLIMB IN HAZE OVER DARK UNLITED AREA.ACFT NOT EQUIPPED FOR INST FLITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50756
- Reported as
- Boeing D75A-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Douthitt Strip