- Date
- March 12, 1965
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7872BBoeing PT-13
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178995
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0634 65/3/12 HOMESTEAD FLA BOEING PT-13 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1300 TIME - 1330 N7872B PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 50 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - TOMATOES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 5 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7872B
- Reported as
- Boeing PT-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7872BRegistration cancelled Oct 22, 2012 · Boeing PT-13Airframe modelBoeing PT-13Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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