- Date
- August 26, 1964
- Place
- Austin, NV · AUSTIN, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N152ZBeechcraft C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0651 64/8/26 NR.AUSTIN NEVADA BEECHCRAFT C-45H CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 4130 TIME - 0835 N152Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 1044 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 1 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING FORESTS KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 8360 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- POST MORTEM DISCLOSED HEART CONDITION WHICH COULD NOT BE PROVED OR DISPROVED AS FACTOR OR CAUSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N152Z
- Reported as
- Beechcraft C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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