- Date
- July 16, 1983, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sledge, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8526HGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830716039939A
- Case key
- 6131
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Analysis
The acft collided with the ground and nosed over during an aerial application maneuver. The plt stated, the acft startedto settle while in a turn and he dumped the load after leveling the wings but was unable to stop the descent prior to ground contact. The acft had just been loaded with 200 gallons of spray and about 70 gallons of fuel. Two swath runs hadbeen made prior to the crash.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8526H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1395
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Mothershed Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 16, 1983 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- Pleasant Grove, MS
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 550 in this make and model · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 39 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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