Boeing B75N1 N2803D

14 August 1974 · Tranquility, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 14 August 1974 at about 17:30 local time, a Boeing B75N1 registered N2803D, operated by Green Acres AI, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Tranquility, 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 August 1974 at 17:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Tranquility, California, United States
Nearest airport: 3 Rocks Ranch
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing B75N1
Registration: N2803D
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Green Acres AI
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2141

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

L WG CAUGHT IN COTTON.R SIDE OF STRIP RUTTED.

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 3-2141, 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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