- Date
- May 1, 1977
- Place
- Malin, OR · MALIN, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53179Boeing D75N1
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770501010919A
- Case key
- 158212
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1135 77/5/1 MALIN,OR BOEING D75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 523 TIME - 1100 N53179 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MALIN,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 523 KIND OF OPERATION - PRACTICE KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -HILLY ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 4200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN REMARKS- UNABLE TO CLR HILL,LNDD IN ROUGH TERRAIN.AERIAL APP PROFICIENCY CHECK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53179
- Reported as
- Boeing D75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N53179Registration cancelled May 9, 2022 · Boeing D75N1Airframe modelBoeing D75N1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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