- Date
- June 25, 1978
- Place
- Jay, ME · JAY, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1153VBoeing A75
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780625016309A
- Case key
- 141378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1696 78/6/25 JAY,ME BOEING A75 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 4171 TIME - 0930 N1153V PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRYEBURG,ME JAY,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1000 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - SECOND 1/3 TURN REMARKS- HEAD OF NR 3 CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM BARREL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1153V
- Reported as
- Boeing A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1153VRegistration cancelled May 24, 2012 · Boeing A75L300Airframe modelBoeing A75L300Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Other investigations on N1153V · 1
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