- Date
- October 2, 1971
- Place
- Huron, CA · HURON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1694SAero Comdr S2C
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164645
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4381 71/10/2 HURON,CALIF AERO COMDR S2C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 13000 TIME - 1430 N1694S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HURON STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HURON,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- SPRAY BOOM CAUGHT TALL GRASS AT RWY EDGE. VEERED INTO DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1694S
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr S2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Huron Strip
N1694SRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Snow S2CAirframe modelSnow S2CEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N1694S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.