- Date
- May 13, 1966
- Place
- Willows, CA · WILLOWS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N56941Boeing A75
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172239
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1104 66/5/13 WILLOWS CALIF BOEING A75 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1020 TIME - 1030 N56941 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NOLTA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1020 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- TAKEOFF ATTEMPTED FROM A BARLEY FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56941
- Reported as
- Boeing A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nolta
N56941Registered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Other investigations on N56941 · 3
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