- Date
- October 6, 1964
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1136NVultee L13
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181399
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3124 64/10/6 NR.FRESNO CALIF VULTEE L13 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 11000 TIME - 0930 N1136N PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 6000 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 300 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1136N
- Reported as
- Vultee L13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1136NRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 1970 · Consolidated Vultee L-13AAirframe modelConsolidated Vultee L-13A
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