- Date
- July 19, 1968
- Place
- Knights Lndg, CA · KNIGHTS LNDG, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N56226Boeing A75L-3
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108626
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4063 68/7/19 KNIGHTS LNDG,CAL BOEING A75L-3 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 9000 TIME - 0530 N56226 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ONSTOTT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 8500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 20 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK LOWEST OF 3 SETS OF WIRES 28 FT AGL. TOXICOLOGY DISCLOSED NO HUMAN FACTOR INVOLVEMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56226
- Reported as
- Boeing A75L-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Onstott
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