- Date
- May 5, 1968
- Place
- Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1626SSnow S2A
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110453
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1679 68/5/5 BILLINGS,MONT SNOW S2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1700 N1626S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY 35, 8500 TOTAL HOURS, 140 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH SIDE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- INTENTL GROUNDLOOP TO AVOID CHILD ON RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1626S
- Reported as
- Snow S2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Side
N1626SRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Snow 600-S2CAirframe modelSnow 600-S2CEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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Other investigations on N1626S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.