- Date
- July 27, 1967
- Place
- Carson, WA · CARSON, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5237VBoeing B-17G
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115949
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0920 67/7/27 CARSON,WASH BOEING B-17G CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 4347 TIME - 1630 N5237V PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL TOTAL HOURS, 260 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F SMOKE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FIRE RETARDANT DROP ON GIFFORD PINCHOT NATL FOREST. VIS GRTLY REDUCED BY SMOKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5237V
- Reported as
- Boeing B-17G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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