- Date
- April 23, 1973
- Place
- Lodi, CA · LODI, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N901Travel Air 4000
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730423025569A
- Case key
- 201653
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2625 73/4/23 LODI,CALIF TRAVEL AIR 4000 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 15000 TIME - 0800 N901 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 14000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LODI,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN 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 - 9999 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - TOMATOES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 5
Aircraft
- Registration
- N901
- Reported as
- Travel Air 4000
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N901Registration cancelled Nov 9, 2000 · Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000Airframe modelCurtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.