# NTSB OAK72DVG61: Boeing B75, N1717B, Tudor, CA, May 15, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 15, 1972
- Place: Tudor, CA · TUDOR, CA
- Location: 39.0049° N, 121.6236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tudor, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0049&lon=-121.6236&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165884
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK72DVG61
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72DVG61

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0177  72/5/15    TUDOR,CALIF         BOEING B75          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1730                    N1717B              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   AGE 25, 4000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OGI DUSTER STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TUDOR,CALIF                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4000                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - RICE                                      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                  TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  50                  SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
        REMARKS- ACFT STOPPED MOMENTARILY BFR STARTING TKOF ROLL,TRACTOR STARTED ACROSS STRIP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1717B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1717B-1980-07-01), registration cancelled 1980-07-01, S/N 75-6005, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75
- Registry model: [Boeing B75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (registry code 1380144) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ogi Duster Strip

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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