- Date
- August 18, 1973
- Place
- Porterville, CA · PORTERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7740CBoeing A75-N1
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730818025839A
- Case key
- 189267
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2415 73/8/18 PORTERVILLE,CALIF BOEING A75-N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1315 N7740C PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE UNK/NR, 1146 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTERVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND SPECIAL DATA KIND OF OPERATION - FERRY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7740C
- Reported as
- Boeing A75-N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Porterville
N7740CRegistered now · 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.
Other investigations on N7740C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.