- Date
- June 17, 1964
- Place
- Gaithersburg, MD · GAITHERSBURG, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6590DCont Copter M2
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183528
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0244 64/6/17 GAITHERSBURG MD CONT COPTER M2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N6590D PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 28, 1600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1100 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - PEAS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 500 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF NO 6 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6590D
- Reported as
- Cont Copter M2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage