- Date
- July 19, 1967
- Place
- Albany, GA · ALBANY, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N81791Aeronca 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115839
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0536 67/7/19 ALBANY,GA AERONCA 7BCM CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 438 TIME - UNK/NR N81791 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAS ALBANY,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 19 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING FORESTS KIND OF CROP - MOSQUITO CONTROL TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 282 SWAMPY/WATER SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-7/19/67. MOSQUITO CONTROL FLT. ACFT CRASHED IN SWAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81791
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nas Albany,Ga
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