# NTSB LAX66A0069: Boeing D75A-1, N50756, El Centro, CA, March 10, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 10, 1966
- Place: El Centro, CA · EL CENTRO, CA
- Location: 32.7864° N, 115.5602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Centro, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7864&lon=-115.5602&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 20, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173315
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66A0069
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66A0069

## NTSB brief

```
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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING D75A-1
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Douthitt Strip

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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