MIA75DKQ05

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing A75N1 · Greenville, MS · August 6, 1974

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
August 6, 1974
Place
Greenville, MS · GREENVILLE, MS
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N65951Boeing A75N1
Status
Completed · report September 24, 1974
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19740806023939A
Case key
134372

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2481   74/8/6    GREENVILLE,MISS     BOEING A75N1        CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1921
        TIME - 1730                    N65951              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 780 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AGRICULTURE STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GREENVILLE,MISS             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -   16                       KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST)
          KIND OF CROP - RICE                                      TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          GLOVES - NOT USED                                        GOGGLES - NOT USED
          CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED                            COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED
          CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED                                TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
        REMARKS- ACFT R WG HIT TALL GRASS ADJ TO STRIP. NSED OVR.

Aircraft

Registration
N65951
Reported as
Boeing A75N1
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Agriculture Strip

FAA reports on this event · 1

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