- Date
- October 1, 1969
- Place
- Fairfax, SC · FAIRFAX, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7233VCallair A-9
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154119
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4699 69/10/1 FAIRFAX,SC CALLAIR A-9 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N7233V PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 31, 4820 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 215 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLENDALE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLENDALE,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2000 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 175 REMARKS- OIL QUICK DRAIN FOUND OPEN. ENG INSPECTION SHOWED EVIDENCE OF INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7233V
- Reported as
- Callair A-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allendale County
N7233VRegistration cancelled Oct 21, 2002 · Intermountain CALLAIR A-9Airframe modelIntermountain CALLAIR A-9Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7233V · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.