- Date
- August 20, 1971
- Place
- Waynesboro, GA · WAYNESBORO, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3579GCallair A9
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4408 71/8/20 WAYNESBORO,GA CALLAIR A9 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 7360 TIME - 1915 N3579G PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAYNESBORO,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 7360 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - BEANS 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 -DENSE WITH TREES ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 280 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- ENCNTRD PROP WASH FM PRVIOUS SWATH RUN,PLT LOST CTL,ACFT HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3579G
- Reported as
- Callair A9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3579GRegistration cancelled Jun 10, 1976 · Callair A-9Airframe modelCallair A-9Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N3579G · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.