# NTSB OAK70D0083: Boeing 75, N67472, Los Banos, CA, August 16, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 16, 1969
- Place: Los Banos, CA · LOS BANOS, CA
- Location: 37.0634° N, 120.8384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Banos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0634&lon=-120.8384&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 6, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162487
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70D0083
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70D0083

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3504  69/8/16    LOS BANOS,CALIF     BOEING 75           CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 10450
        TIME - 1400                    N67472              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 5585 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS BANOS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LOS BANOS,CALIF             LOS BANOS,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER                       TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5585                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS                              TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          GLOVES - NOT USED                                        GOGGLES - USED
          CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED                            COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED
          CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED                                TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
        REMARKS- BLADE BROKE 5 INS FROM BUTT END.EXTREME VIBRATION CAUSED ENG TO SEPARATE FROM ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N67472 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 75
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Los Banos

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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