Northrop P-61A N9768Z

6 September 1968 · Hollister, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 September 1968 at about 17:10 local time, a Northrop P-61A registered N9768Z, operated by TBM, Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Hollister, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 September 1968 at 17:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Hollister, California, United States
Nearest airport: Hollister
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Northrop P-61A
Registration: N9768Z
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: TBM, Inc.
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Fire Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3059

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

TEMP 90 DEG. ACFT LOADED WITH BORATE, RAN THROUGHFLDS, STRUCK FENCE AND SLOPE OF HILL.

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 3-3059, 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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