# NTSB UNK64X2268: US Navy N3N1, N45213, Dixon, CA, June 13, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 13, 1964
- Place: Dixon, CA · DIXON, CA
- Location: 38.4475° N, 121.8242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dixon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4475&lon=-121.8242&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 28, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183542
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2268
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2268

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45213-2014-10-09), registration cancelled 2014-10-09, S/N 1942, built 1940 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: US NAVY N3N1
- Registry model: [Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3) (registry code 6120202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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