- Date
- October 26, 1969
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N66576Boeing PT-17
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153121
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4247 69/10/26 HOMESTEAD,FLA BOEING PT-17 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 18335 TIME - 1515 N66576 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 16000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - B AND L FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMESTEAD,FLA HOMESTEAD,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE TEARAWAY TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- ENG MOUNTING STUDS FAILED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66576
- Reported as
- Boeing PT-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- B And L Farm
N66576Registration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.