- Date
- April 22, 1976
- Place
- Kennewick, WA · KENNEWICK, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N58978Boeing E75N1
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760422009949A
- Case key
- 153368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0976 76/4/22 KENNEWICK,WA BOEING E75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2879 TIME - 1430 N58978 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENNEWICK,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2879 KIND OF OPERATION - TEST PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- TKOF FM COUNTY ROAD.SPRAY BOOM STRUCK GND,ACFT OVERTURNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58978
- Reported as
- Boeing E75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N58978Registration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Boeing E75N1Airframe modelBoeing E75N1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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