- Date
- May 21, 1973
- Place
- Reedley, CA · REEDLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N68448Boeing A75
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730521012499A
- Case key
- 190680
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1112 73/5/21 REEDLEY,CALIF BOEING A75 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, TIME - 1722 N68448 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 2905 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REEDLEY,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2320 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAPES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 380 FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68448
- Reported as
- Boeing A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N68448Registration cancelled Nov 12, 2013 · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.