Douglas B-26 N4818E

28 June 1975 · Billings, Montana, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 28 June 1975 at about 10:00 local time, a Douglas B-26 registered N4818E, operated by Lynch Air Tank, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Billings, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 June 1975 at 10:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Billings, Montana, United States
Nearest airport: Billings
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas B-26
Registration: N4818E
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Lynch Air Tank
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2592

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	1	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

NOSE GEAR SCISSOR NOT CONNECTED AFTER TOWING.

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 3-2592, 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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