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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B · Arrey, NM · June 15, 2018

Date
June 15, 2018 · 10:00 local
Place
Arrey, NM
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
V4ZG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6672Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN18LA226
Reported as
Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total1,800 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On June 15, 2018, at 09:00 MDT, a Grumman G164B ag cat, N6672Q registered to privacy data omitted collided with a hilltop 1.8 miles south east of Arrey, new Mexico, while spraying an onion field. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a flight plan was not filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the certificated commercial pilot was seriously injured. The flight originated at hatch, new Mexico, on June 15, 2018, at approximately 07:30 MDT

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 15, 2018, AT 09:00 MDT, A GRUMMAN G164B AG CAT, N6672Q REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED WITH A HILLTOP 1.8 MILES SOUTH EAST OF ARREY, NEW MEXICO, WHILE SPRAYING AN ONION FIELD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HATCH, NEW MEXICO, ON JUNE 15, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 07:30 MDT

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.