- Date
- July 31, 1965
- Place
- Othello, WA · OTHELLO, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N47659Boeing A75
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177217
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0509 65/7/31 NR.OTHELLO WASH BOEING A75 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0540 N47659 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 49, 4965 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 925 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 925 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1050 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- PILOT BLOOD CHOLINESTERACE 0.54 RBC LOW NORMAL & 0.22 BLOOD PLASMA LOW TOXIC EFFECT IS UNKNOWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47659
- Reported as
- Boeing A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N47659Registration cancelled Jul 20, 2017 · Boeing B75N1Airframe modelBoeing B75N1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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