- Date
- April 27, 1968
- Place
- Willows, CA · WILLOWS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N45251Naval Fcty N3N-1
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1559 68/4/27 WILLOWS,CALIF NAVAL FCTY N3N-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 3724 TIME - 1550 N45251 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 104 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45251
- Reported as
- Naval Fcty N3N-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewis Strip