# NTSB OAK71DVG43: Boeing A75N1, N73650, Sloughouse, CA, December 17, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 17, 1970
- Place: Sloughouse, CA · SLOUGHOUSE, CA
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 1, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159620
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK71DVG43
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK71DVG43

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73650-1971-02-04), registration cancelled 1971-02-04, S/N RC-75-10 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing A75N1(PT17)](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (registry code 1380134) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Silva,S

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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