- Date
- July 12, 1978
- Place
- Tolleson, AZ · TOLLESON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N609HTravel Air 4000
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780712021349A
- Case key
- 140875
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1931 78/7/12 TOLLESON, AZ TRAVEL AIR 4000 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 4077 TIME - 1900 N609H PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COUNTRY BOYS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOLLESON, AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 104 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3800 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1040 REMARKS- ASPHALT AND DIRT RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N609H
- Reported as
- Travel Air 4000
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Country Boys
N609HRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2017 · Travel Air 4000Airframe modelTravel Air 4000Engine modelLycoming R680-4P-B4
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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