# NTSB OAK67A0021: Boeing B75, N67419, Farmersvlle, CA, August 9, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 9, 1966
- Place: Farmersvlle, CA · FARMERSVLLE, CA
- Location: 36.3047° N, 119.2086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmersville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3047&lon=-119.2086&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 23, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122528
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK67A0021
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK67A0021

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1121   66/8/9    FARMERSVLLE,CALIF   BOEING B75          CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1474
        TIME - 0815                    N67419              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1000                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - COTTON                                    TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GOGGLES - USED
          CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE                             CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  365                 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
        REMARKS- IMPAIRED DEPTH PERCEPTION-EXPOSURE TO ARAMITE AND DIBROM. CHOLINESTERASE LEVEL-35 UNITS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67419](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67419), registered now, S/N 75-1387, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75
- Registry model: [Boeing B75](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75) (registry code 1380116) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (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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