- Date
- April 19, 1966
- Place
- Robbins, CA · ROBBINS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56772Stearman A75
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171778
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1405 66/4/19 ROBBINS CALIF STEARMAN A75 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0640 N56772 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 55, 7365 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 97 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 125 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY REMARKS- SIGNALMAN PERMITTED AUTO TO BE DRIVEN ONTO LANDING AREA AS AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56772
- Reported as
- Stearman A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N56772Registered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Other investigations on N56772 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN99LA129Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTooele, UTThe failure of the right main landing gear tire's inner tube, and the subsequent inadvertent ground loop by the pilot.NTSB LAX83LVD01Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportFt. Bragg, CAThe pilot reported that he was long and fast on his landing approach, so he decided to go around. Due to a noise sensitivity problem in the area, he elected not to use full throttle. Subsequently, the aircraft hit the tops of trees at the end of the runway.…