- Date
- September 26, 1975
- Place
- Hilliard, FL · HILLIARD, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N97066Murray Air MA-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750926041719A
- Case key
- 151344
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4071 75/9/26 HILLIARD,FL MURRAY AIR MA-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N97066 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 31, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 ALL IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILLIARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLIARD,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 7000 KIND OF OPERATION - AGITATING TREES KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- DRG ENG START COUGHED,BACKFIRED,CAUGHT FIRE.NO FIRE GUARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97066
- Reported as
- Murray Air MA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hilliard
N97066Registration cancelled Mar 4, 1976 · Murrayair MA-1Airframe modelMurrayair MA-1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.