- Date
- March 9, 1974
- Place
- Piedra, CA · PIEDRA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N56059Boeing B75
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740309004819A
- Case key
- 186626
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0451 74/3/9 NR.PIEDRA,CALIF BOEING B75 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N56059 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 30, 3101 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GIFFEN AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIEDRA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2800 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - GRAPES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 500 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - SECOND 1/3 TURN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56059
- Reported as
- Boeing B75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Giffen Airstrip
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.