Curtiss Wrt TR-400 N9958

7 August 1965 · Ripley Calif, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 7 August 1965 at about 06:00 local time, a Curtiss Wrt TR-400 registered N9958, operated by Baldwin Inc, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Ripley 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: 7 August 1965 at 06:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Ripley Calif, California, United States
Nearest airport: Baldwin
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Curtiss Wrt TR-400
Registration: N9958
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Baldwin Inc
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2741

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

PILOTS FOOT SLIPPED OFF PEDAL

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 3-2741, 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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