Boeing B75-N1 N68730

14 March 1966 · Heber Calif, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 14 March 1966 at about 19:30 local time, a Boeing B75-N1 registered N68730, operated by Stoker, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Heber Calif, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 March 1966 at 19:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Heber Calif, California, United States
Nearest airport: Graham
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing B75-N1
Registration: N68730
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Stoker
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0713

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

TAIL WHEEL SHOCK STRUT PISTON SEPARATED FROM CYLINDER

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0713, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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