- Date
- September 16, 1971
- Place
- Glide, OR · GLIDE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4769VStearman PT-17
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164671
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4440 71/9/16 GLIDE,OREG STEARMAN PT-17 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N4769V PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 27, 1906 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 430 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STRADDER RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLIDE,OREG LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT DID NOT SURVEY FLD PRIOR TO RUN,DURG RUN LOOKED BACK TO CK LOAD,HIT PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4769V
- Reported as
- Stearman PT-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Stradder Ranch
N4769VRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2012 · Boeing E75Airframe modelBoeing E75Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N4769V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.