- Date
- June 15, 1966
- Place
- Merrill, OR · MERRILL, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N58388Stearman A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122847
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3197 66/6/15 MERRILL OREG STEARMAN A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 7800 TIME - 0900 N58388 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 3200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 4200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- UNDIENTIFIED BIRD STRUCK SIGHT FUEL GAUGE, ALL FUEL DRAINED FROM TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58388
- Reported as
- Stearman A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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