# NTSB UNK65X0879: Boeing A-75, N50164, Homestead, FL, November 29, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 29, 1964
- Place: Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 26, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180627
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0879
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0879

## NTSB brief (aircraft 2)

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0770  64/11/29   HOMESTEAD FLA       BOEING A-75         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5000
        TIME - 0730                    N50744              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  1                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLLEY STRIP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND                  TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT
         SPECIAL DATA
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
```

## NTSB brief (aircraft 1)

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0770  64/11/29   HOMESTEAD FLA       BOEING A-75         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2000
        TIME - 0730                    N50164              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 1250 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  1                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLLEY STRIP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
```

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: [N50164](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50164-2013-10-29), registration cancelled 2013-10-29, S/N 751073, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A-75
- Registry model: [Boeing A75L3](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75l3) (registry code 1380102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney W-A-B-C-D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-w-a-b-c-d) (registry code 52009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Holley Strip

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N50744](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50744-2017-07-20), registration cancelled 2017-07-20, S/N 753809, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A-75
- Registry model: [Boeing A75L3](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75l3) (registry code 1380102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Holley Strip

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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