- Date
- June 26, 1965
- Place
- Sunflower, MS · SUNFLOWER, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4936CBoeing 75N1
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178216
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0555 65/6/26 SUNFLOWER MISS BOEING 75N1 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 4650 TIME - 1000 N4936C PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT ON PREVIOUS RUNS HAD PULLED UP OVER RADIO ANTENNA WHILE CALIBATING SPRAY EQUIPMENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4936C
- Reported as
- Boeing 75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4936CRegistered now · Boeing E75N1Airframe modelBoeing E75N1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Other investigations on N4936C · 1
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