Navy N3N N44926

3 February 1978 · Davis, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 February 1978 at about 15:40 local time, a Navy N3N registered N44926, operated by Medlock Duster, was involved in an accident during in flight near Davis, 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: 3 February 1978 at 15:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Davis, California, United States
Nearest airport: Yolo County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Navy N3N
Registration: N44926
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Medlock Duster
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0076

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

FORCED LANDING ON LEVEL BUT VERY SOFT GROUND, AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

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 3-0076, 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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