- Date
- October 9, 1974
- Place
- Charleston, MO · CHARLESTON, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9661ZCallair A-9
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741009035889A
- Case key
- 144928
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4172 74/10/9 CHARLESTON,MO CALLAIR A-9 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 650 TIME - 0945 N9661Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BURKE BROS-GILTZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 33 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 300 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD IN A WIDE TURN AT LOW ALT BFR DSCNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9661Z
- Reported as
- Callair A-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Burke Bros-Giltz
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Other investigations on N9661Z · 1
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