Naval Fcty N3N-3 N44936

19 August 1969 · Somerton, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 August 1969 at about 20:15 local time, a Naval Fcty N3N-3 registered N44936, operated by Marsh Aviation, was involved in an accident during in flight near Somerton, Arizona, 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: 19 August 1969 at 20:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Somerton, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport: Somerton
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Naval Fcty N3N-3
Registration: N44936
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Marsh Aviation
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-3622

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

SWITCHED TO WRONG TANK. LANDED IN ALFALFA FLD.

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 3-3622, 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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