# NTSB LAX66F0263: Boeing B75-N1, N68730, Heber, CA, March 14, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 14, 1966
- Place: Heber, CA · HEBER, CA
- Location: 32.7325° N, 115.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Heber, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7325&lon=-115.5294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173259
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66F0263
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66F0263

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0713  66/3/14  NR.HEBER CALIF        BOEING B75-N1       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1930                    N68730              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   AGE 39, 10767 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 9722 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAHAM
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9722                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - LETTUCE                                   TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - USED
          GOGGLES - USED                                           CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED                         CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  *ERROR-INVALID CODE*
        REMARKS- TAIL WHEEL SHOCK STRUT PISTON SEPARATED FROM CYLINDER
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N68730](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68730-1981-02-13), registration cancelled 1981-02-13, S/N 75-8297 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75-N1
- Registry model: [Boeing E75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75n1) (registry code 1380154) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Graham

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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