- Date
- August 10, 1969
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N268NBoeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2415 69/8/10 BAKERSFIELD,CALIF BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 4218 TIME - 1920 N268N PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHAFTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CALIF BAKERSFIELD,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 102 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 425 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - SECOND 1/3 TURN REMARKS- SPRAYING ALFALFA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N268N
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shafter
N268NRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Boeing N2S-2Airframe modelBoeing N2S-2Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Other investigations on N268N · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.