ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330197
| Date: | Friday 4 May 1973 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Howard 350 |
| Owner/operator: | Clarks Aerial Service |
| Registration: | N45CK |
| MSN: | 5333 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Union Springs, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Union Springs-Franklin Field Airport, AL |
| Union Springs-Franklin Field Airport, AL | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Howard 350, converted for crop spraying operations, descended just prior to the first swath run and impacted terrain in near level attitude. A post-impact fire broke out.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged speed and altitude
pilot in command - diverted attention from operation of aircraft
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - jettisoned load
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
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