US Navy N3N1 N45213 accident, Dixon, CA, Jun 13, 1964 · NTSB UNK64X2268

Date: June 13, 1964
Place: Dixon, CA · DIXON, CA
Injuries: 1 uninjured
Damage: No damage
Phase of flight: Maneuvering
Aircraft: N45213US Navy N3N1
Status: Completed · report August 28, 1964
Report: Brief approved by the director
Case key: 183542

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0273  64/6/13    DIXON CALIF         US NAVY N3N1        CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 15000
        TIME - 1735                    N45213              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 8000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FLAGMAN,LOADER                            IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PERSONNEL-FLAGMAN FAILED TO OBSERVE AIRCRAFT.
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - OTHER                                     TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                 GLOVES - USED
          GOGGLES - USED                                           CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED                             CRASH BAR - INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  67
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM

Aircraft

Registration: N45213
Reported as: US Navy N3N1
Category: Airplane
Engine: reciprocating
Damage: No damage

N45213Registration cancelled Oct 9, 2014 · Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3S/N 1942 · Built 1940 Airframe modelNaval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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