# NTSB LAX70D0098: Boeing 75, N4658N, Ripley, CA, August 14, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 14, 1969
- Place: Ripley, CA · RIPLEY, CA
- Location: 33.5238° N, 114.6530° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ripley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5238&lon=-114.6530&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 6, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162659
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70D0098
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70D0098

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3524  69/8/14    RIPLEY,CALIF        BOEING 75           CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0515                    N4658N              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   AGE 46, 8000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            6000 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          RIPLEY,CALIF                RIPLEY,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
         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
          GLOVES - USED                                            GOGGLES - USED
          CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED                            COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED
          CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED                                TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
          TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT
        REMARKS- LANDED ON GRAVEL ROAD,HIT MOVING TRUCK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4658N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4658N-2012-11-27), registration cancelled 2012-11-27, S/N 75-6473, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 75
- Registry model: [Boeing A75N1(PT17)](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (registry code 1380134) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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