- Date
- April 20, 1978
- Place
- Mansfield, WA · MANSFIELD, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49385Boeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780420012429A
- Case key
- 141916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1248 78/4/20 MANSFIELD,WA BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 0700 N49385 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY 530 TOTAL HOURS, 190 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANSFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANSFIELD,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- NO LOAD,CALIBRATING EQUIPMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49385
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mansfield
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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 N49385 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA84FA011Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportBrewster, WAThe plt was positioning the acft for swath runs when it crashed into rising terrain on the side of a hill next to a valley. The plt had planned to make swath runs over an orchard in the valley. During impact, he received serious head injuries & could not…NTSB UNK64X3758Accident · 1 fatalClosedQuincy, WA