- Date
- April 26, 1978
- Place
- Tracy, CA · TRACY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N68250Boeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780426011599A
- Case key
- 142329
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0862 78/4/26 NR.TRACY,CA BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 10800 TIME - 1030 N68250 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 10000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRINKLE & BOYS STRIP LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 80 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND REMARKS- SPRAYING ALFALFA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68250
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N68250Registration cancelled May 26, 2004 · Boeing A75L3Airframe modelBoeing A75L3Engine modelWright 975E&F-2&3
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N68250 · 1
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