- Date
- August 14, 1968
- Place
- Calipatria, CA · CALIPATRIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N44922Naval Fcty N3N-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109000
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2948 68/8/14 CALIPATRIA,CALIF NAVAL FCTY N3N-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 11150 TIME - 1805 N44922 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AG STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FLAGMAN,LOADER TAKEOFF: RUN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN 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-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - 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 - 180 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO CLEAR AREA PRIOR TO T/O ROLL.INATTENTION OF FLAGMAN. ACFT SWERVED INTO DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44922
- Reported as
- Naval Fcty N3N-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ag Strip
N44922Registered now · Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3Airframe modelNaval Aircraft Factory N3N-3Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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