- Date
- October 8, 1972
- Place
- Fairmount, GA · FAIRMOUNT, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7233VCallair A-9
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3639 72/10/8 FAIRMOUNT,GA CALLAIR A-9 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 233 TIME - 1315 N7233V PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 79 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AG STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRMOUNT,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 223 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7233V
- Reported as
- Callair A-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ag Strip
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.