# NTSB OAK72FVD20: Boeing A75N1, N62946, Santa Rosa, CA, October 7, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 7, 1971
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Location: 38.4405° N, 122.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Rosa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4405&lon=-122.7144&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 13, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164191
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK72FVD20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72FVD20

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3962   71/10/7   SANTA ROSA,CALIF    BOEING A75N1        CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 20000
        TIME - 1258                    N62946              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CODDINGTOWN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SANTA ROSA,CALIF            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999                       KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST)
          KIND OF CROP - OTHER                                     TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - USED                                           CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  350
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- LOW ALT FLT TOWARD RISING TRRN,ROUTE DIFFERED FROM EARLIER FLTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N62946](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62946-1971-11-26), registration cancelled 1971-11-26, S/N 75-4570 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing A75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1) (registry code 1380165) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Coddingtown

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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