Weatherly C63 N51329

5 March 1973 · Avenal, California, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 5 March 1973 at about 14:15 local time, a Weatherly C63 registered N51329, operated by Craig Aero SER, was involved in an accident during in flight near Avenal, California, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 March 1973 at 14:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Avenal, California, United States
Nearest airport: Avenal
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Weatherly C63
Registration: N51329
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Craig Aero SER
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0359

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

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

SPRAYING BARLEY. CRASH LNDD.

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 3-0359, 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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