- Date
- July 22, 1968
- Place
- Estill, SC · ESTILL, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7244VCallair A-9
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2577 68/7/22 ESTILL,SC CALLAIR A-9 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1210 TIME - 1000 N7244V PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 162 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARPER FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 111 REMARKS- PLT REDUCED ENG POWER TOO SOON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7244V
- Reported as
- Callair A-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Harper Field
N7244VRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Intermountain CALLAIR A-9Airframe modelIntermountain CALLAIR A-9Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7244V · 1
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