Boeing A-75N1 N53373 accident, Brentwood, CA, Aug 28, 1965 · NTSB OAK66A0006

Date: August 28, 1965
Place: Brentwood, CA · BRENTWOOD, CA
Injuries: 1 fatal
Damage: Destroyed
Phase of flight: Maneuvering
Aircraft: N53373Boeing A-75N1
Status: Completed · report December 13, 1965
Report: Brief approved by the director
Case key: 176373

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0683  65/8/28  NR.BRENTWOOD,CALIF    BOEING A-75N1       CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0745                    N53373              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        AGE 20, 1515 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            229 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -  200                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - MOSQUITO CONTROL                          TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - USED
          GOGGLES - 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 -  150                 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- TREE STRUCK BY N53373 WAS ISOLATED AND SURROUNDED BY SUITABLE AREA FOR EMERGENCY LANDING.

Aircraft

Registration: N53373
Reported as: Boeing A-75N1
Category: Airplane
Engine: reciprocating
Damage: Destroyed

N53373Registration cancelled Nov 22, 1965 · Boeing A75N1(PT17)S/N 75-783 Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.