- Date
- July 16, 1968
- Place
- Crows Lndng, CA · CROWS LNDNG, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109140
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2051 68/7/16 CROWS LNDNG,CALIF FAIRCHILD WM-62C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2400 TIME - 0600 N68444 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 2100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CROWS LDG NAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2200 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM ROLLING SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- SPRAYING ALFALFA.PLT OF N4574Y INITIATED SWATH RUN BELOW POWER LINE,OUT OF RISING SUN.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2051 68/7/16 CROWS LNDNG,CALIF PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1218 TIME - 0600 N4574Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 314 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CROWS LDG NAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 509 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM ROLLING SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- PLT OF N4574Y FAILED TO ASSURE FIELD WAS CLEAR OF OTHER ACFT BEFORE STARTING SWATH RUN.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4574Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Crows Ldg Nas
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.
- Registration
- N68444
- Reported as
- Fairchild WM-62C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crows Ldg Nas
N68444Registration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Fairchild M-62C(PT-23A)Airframe modelFairchild M-62C(PT-23A)Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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.