- Date
- June 14, 1968
- Place
- Ashburn, GA · ASHBURN, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N66490Boeing E75N1
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118649
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3510 68/6/14 ASHBURN GA BOEING E75N1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0745 N66490 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 26, 1437 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 7 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ASHBURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66490
- Reported as
- Boeing E75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ashburn
N66490Registration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Boeing E75N1Airframe modelBoeing E75N1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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