- Date
- April 12, 1975
- Place
- Dayton, WA · DAYTON, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N56426Boeing E75
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750412012199A
- Case key
- 201473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1514 75/4/12 NR.DAYTON,WA BOEING E75 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 13743 TIME - 1000 N56426 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 9421 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYTON,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1300 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -HILLY ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 880 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN REMARKS- FLEW INTO UPSLOPE TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56426
- Reported as
- Boeing E75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N56426Registered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelContinental W670-6N
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N56426 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA93LA086Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDavenport, WAUnsuitable terrain was selected for landing. A factor to the accident was: soft terrain.NTSB SEA83LA110Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTurner, WAThe acft nosed over during an emergency landing after an engine failure. The pilot stated that he had almost completed his spraying, when during a turn-around, the engine started to backfire. He dumped the remaining load and reduced power. The engine…