# NTSB MIA65A0126: Boeing 75N1, N4936C, Sunflower, MS, June 26, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 26, 1965
- Place: Sunflower, MS · SUNFLOWER, MS
- Location: 33.5443° N, 90.5373° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sunflower, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5443&lon=-90.5373&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178216
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65A0126
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65A0126

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4936C), registered now, S/N 75-8427 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing E75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75n1) (registry code 1380154) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N4936C (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW71DRA62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW71DRA62), May 17, 1971: Boeing E75 (N4936C), Crosby, TX, incident, minor damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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