- Date
- June 2, 1979
- Place
- Yates Center, KS · YATES CENTER, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7766VCallair A-9B
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790602012229A
- Case key
- 136229
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1141 79/6/2 YATES CENTER,KS CALLAIR A-9B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 2500 TIME - 1815 N7766V PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORAN,KS YATES CENTER,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1150 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7766V
- Reported as
- Callair A-9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7766VRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 1980 · Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9BAirframe modelAero Commander CALLAIR A-9B
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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.