- Date
- September 12, 1974
- Place
- Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5685JCessna 188
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136675
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2982 74/9/12 MOBILE,ALA CESSNA 188 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N5685J PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 23, 1193 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 56 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IDLEHOUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOBILE,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 168 FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PROP CONT LOW RPM ON TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5685J
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Idlehour
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