- Date
- July 1, 1968
- Place
- Wilsall, MT · WILSALL, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5150NBoeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109590
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3553 68/7/1 WILSALL,MONT BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0530 N5150N PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 33, 679 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 18 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM MUDDY RANCH FLD IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO LINE FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5150N
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5150NRegistered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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