# NTSB OAK66A0006: Boeing A-75N1, N53373, Brentwood, CA, August 28, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 28, 1965
- Place: Brentwood, CA · BRENTWOOD, CA
- Location: 37.9356° N, 121.7190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brentwood, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9356&lon=-121.7190&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 13, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176373
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66A0006
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66A0006

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53373-1965-11-22), registration cancelled 1965-11-22, S/N 75-783 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A-75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing A75N1(PT17)](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (registry code 1380134) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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