- Date
- October 13, 1966
- Place
- Trenton, SC · TRENTON, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1390VBoeing B75N1
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120748
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3149 66/10/13 TRENTON SC BOEING B75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 9000 TIME - 1445 N1390V PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 6000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (DUST) KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 610 FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BLACKBIRD STRUCK FUEL SIGHT GUAGE CAUSING FUEL TO DRAIN IN PILOT'S FACE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1390V
- Reported as
- Boeing B75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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