- Date
- December 11, 1968
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N56762Boeing N75N1
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191980
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4742 68/12/11 NR.YUMA,ARIZ BOEING N75N1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1815 N56762 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 41, 30000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 10000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLEANUP SWATH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY 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 - 140 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- DUSTING CABBAGE,COLLIDED WITH TREE ON TRIM PASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56762
- Reported as
- Boeing N75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N56762Registration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Boeing PT-17Airframe modelBoeing PT-17Engine modelContinental W670 series
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