# NTSB MIA65F0042: Boeing PT-13, N7872B, Homestead, FL, March 12, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 12, 1965
- Place: Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178995
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65F0042
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65F0042

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7872B-2012-10-22), registration cancelled 2012-10-22, S/N 75-8362 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING PT-13
- Registry model: [Boeing PT-13](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-pt-13) (registry code 1380106) (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: Destroyed

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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