# NTSB UNK65X1116: Boeing A75L3, N5735N, Immokalee, FL, December 24, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 24, 1964
- Place: Immokalee, FL · IMMOKALEE, FL
- Location: 26.4240° N, 81.4216° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Immokalee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4240&lon=-81.4216&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180429
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1116
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1116

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3927  64/12/24   IMMOKALEE FLA       BOEING A75L3        CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 8000
        TIME - 1300                    N5735N              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 6000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PWR PLT-UNKN FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGED INDUCT.IMPELLR
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 6000                       KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST)
          KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                      TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED                             CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  7
        REMARKS- LANDED ON SWAMPY AREA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5735N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5735N-1970-06-30), registration cancelled 1970-06-30, S/N 75 8189 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75L3
- Registry model: [Boeing A75L3](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75l3) (registry code 1380102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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