- Date
- July 28, 1974
- Place
- Orovada, NV · OROVADA, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1725SSnow 600S2D
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740728021939A
- Case key
- 125808
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2063 74/7/28 OROVADA,NEV SNOW 600S2D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 2015 N1725S PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION 8080 TOTAL HOURS, 472 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OROVADA,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - PASTURE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 4300 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- PLT RPTD GRADUAL PWR FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1725S
- Reported as
- Snow 600S2D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1725SRegistered now · Aero Commander 600 S-2DAirframe modelAero Commander 600 S-2DEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1725S · 2
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