- Date
- July 26, 1973
- Place
- Tollison, AZ · TOLLISON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N359MTravel Air 4000
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730726023809A
- Case key
- 189332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2278 73/7/26 TOLLISON,ARIZ TRAVEL AIR 4000 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1310 TIME - 0830 N359M PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOLLISON,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 150 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 - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- ADJUSTING SPRAY FLOW VALVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N359M
- Reported as
- Travel Air 4000
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N359MRegistration cancelled Jan 18, 2018 · Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR L-4000Airframe modelCurtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR L-4000Engine modelLycoming R680E series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.