- Date
- July 13, 1972
- Place
- Tuskegee, AL · TUSKEGEE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N55376Stearman A75
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167748
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4021 72/7/13 TUSKEGEE,ALA STEARMAN A75 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 11300 TIME - 1230 N55376 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHARP FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSKEGEE,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55376
- Reported as
- Stearman A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sharp Field
N55376Registered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelLycoming R680E series
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