- Date
- February 18, 1976
- Place
- Ripley, CA · RIPLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N44846Naval Fcty N3N
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760218003509A
- Case key
- 152295
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0233 76/2/18 NR.RIPLEY,CA NAVAL FCTY N3N CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 11100 TIME - 1725 N44846 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 457 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIPLEY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - LETTUCE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 260 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - FIRST 1/3 TURN REMARKS- LOOKING FOR FLAG MAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44846
- Reported as
- Naval Fcty N3N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N44846Registration cancelled Apr 8, 1976 · Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3Airframe modelNaval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N44846 · 1
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