- Date
- August 3, 1981
- Place
- Preston, GA · PRESTON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N48501Grumman G-164B
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810803039629A
- Case key
- 124980
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1621 81/8/3 PRESTON,GA GRUMMAN G-164B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 2189 TIME - 1045 N48501 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1103 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AG STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESTON,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1500 KIND OF OPERATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING REMARKS- PLT RPRTD GETTING BHND PWR CURVE DRG 180 TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48501
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ag Strip
N48501Registration cancelled Oct 6, 1982 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N48501 · 1
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