- Date
- December 17, 1970
- Place
- Sloughouse, CA · SLOUGHOUSE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N73650Boeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159620
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4447 70/12/17 SLOUGHOUSE,CALIF BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1786 TIME - 1330 N73650 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SILVA,S DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SLOUGHOUSE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1500 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - CLOVER 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 - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- STEEL CHIPS CAUSED ROTOR TO LOCK.FUEL PUMP DRIVE SHAFT SHEARED.SOURCE OF CHIPS UNKNOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73650
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Silva,S
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