- Date
- May 7, 1982, 07:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Maxwell, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5050VBoeing A75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820507014479A
- Case key
- 71613
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the takeoff roll from a local farm strip, the aircraft veered to the right and went off the runway. The pilot reported that the plane went into a small ditch and flipped over. No mechanical failures were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5050V
- Reported as
- Boeing A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-6499
- Airframe hours
- 6,844
- Engine
- P & W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- John Davis
- Registered owner
- John Davis
- Departed
- Maxwell, CA
- Destination
- Maxwell, CA
- Airport
- Farmer Strip, runway 36, 2,000 × 0 ft, dirt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 269 total · 28 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5050V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.