- Date
- February 15, 1972
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6201Boeing N2S-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165481
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2033 72/2/15 BAKERSFIELD,CALIF BOEING N2S-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 900 TIME - 0930 N6201 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 750 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- NR8 CYL SEPD.OIL COVERED WINDSHIELD,UN SEE,LNDD ADJ TO AG STRIP.ALFALFA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6201
- Reported as
- Boeing N2S-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6201Registered now · Boeing N2S-1Airframe modelBoeing N2S-1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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