- Date
- September 14, 1971
- Place
- Gadsden, AZ · GADSDEN, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N45065Naval Fcty N3N-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163723
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3708 71/9/14 GADSDEN,ARIZ NAVAL FCTY N3N-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 3205 TIME - 0600 N45065 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1800 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 120 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN REMARKS- LND IN TALL COTTON FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45065
- Reported as
- Naval Fcty N3N-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N45065Registration cancelled Jul 19, 2012 · Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3Airframe modelNaval Aircraft Factory N3N-3Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.