- Date
- June 4, 1969
- Place
- Great Falls, MT · GREAT FALLS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7204VCallair A-9
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175793
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1888 69/6/4 GREAT FALLS,MONT CALLAIR A-9 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 5200 TIME - 1733 N7204V PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 385 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5000 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 - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3850 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7204V
- Reported as
- Callair A-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7204VRegistration cancelled Jun 26, 1970 · Intermountain CALLAIR A-9Airframe modelIntermountain CALLAIR A-9
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