- Date
- August 7, 1965
- Place
- Ripley, CA · RIPLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9958Curtiss WRT TR-400
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176135
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2741 65/8/7 RIPLEY CALIF CURTISS WRT TR-400 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 742 TIME - 0600 N9958 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BALDWIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY 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 - 248 REMARKS- PILOTS FOOT SLIPPED OFF PEDAL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9958
- Reported as
- Curtiss WRT TR-400
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Baldwin
N9958Registered now · Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR E-4000Airframe modelCurtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR E-4000Engine modelLycoming R680
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