- Date
- August 17, 1979
- Place
- Sycamore, SC · SYCAMORE, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7686SBellanca 8GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790817022189A
- Case key
- 135265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1959 79/8/17 SYCAMORE,SC BELLANCA 8GCBC CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1925 N7686S PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 29, 1700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 450 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILLIPS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYCAMORE,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1350 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - BEANS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT REMARKS- DISPENSING LANATE & BENLATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7686S
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Phillips
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7686S · 1
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