- Date
- July 28, 1972
- Place
- Cottondale, FL · COTTONDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7679VAero Comdr A-9B
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168076
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2799 72/7/28 COTTONDALE,FLA AERO COMDR A-9B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N7679V PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 29, 1696 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 341 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTONDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COTTONDALE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 66 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 140 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7679V
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr A-9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cottondale
N7679VRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 1973 · Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9Airframe modelAero Commander CALLAIR A-9
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