- Date
- August 13, 1964
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL · LAKE WALES, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N55324Boeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2465 64/8/13 NR. LAKE WALES FLA BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, TIME - 0820 N55324 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 4500 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC.-SULPHUR FIRE IN DESPENSING UNIT. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4500 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55324
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N55324Registered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelContinental W670 series
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