- Date
- July 16, 1974
- Place
- Wood River, NE · WOOD RIVER, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7775VCallair A-9B
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740716022789A
- Case key
- 130266
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2219 74/7/16 WOOD RIVER,NEBR CALLAIR A-9B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 5460 TIME - 1045 N7775V PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 1430 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST PAUL,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1145 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1750 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID WIRE STRUNG BELOW HIGH TENSION LINES.DIVED UNDER WIRE AND STRUCK CROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7775V
- Reported as
- Callair A-9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7775VRegistration cancelled Nov 14, 1983 · Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9BAirframe modelAero Commander CALLAIR A-9B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7775V · 2
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