- Date
- July 30, 1968
- Place
- Colquitt, GA · COLQUITT, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N69597Stearman D75N1
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108728
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4888 68/7/30 COLQUITT,GA STEARMAN D75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 16725 TIME - 0930 N69597 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 3502 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: CLEANUP SWATH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 7300 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 USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 140 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DUSTING PEANUTS. HIT ROLL OF HOG WIRE HIDDEN BY WEEDS. SULFUR IGNITED IN HOPPER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69597
- Reported as
- Stearman D75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N69597Registration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Boeing D75N1Airframe modelBoeing D75N1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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