- Date
- May 13, 1970
- Place
- Honokaa, HI · HONOKAA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4770VStearman E75
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122071
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2066 70/5/13 HONOKAA,HAWAII STEARMAN E75 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N4770V PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 30, 5020 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 216 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UPPER PAAVILO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOKAA,HAWAII LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1400 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- BLOWN HEAD,NR 3 CYLINDER.PLT UNABLE TO ABORT IN TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4770V
- Reported as
- Stearman E75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Upper Paavilo
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