- Date
- July 19, 1996, 18:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Montezuma, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N465RFGrumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960719019549A
- Case key
- 3746
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Probable cause
failure of the pilot to maintain adequate visual look out, while maneuvering on an aerial application run, which result in his failure to see-and-avoid a power line.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he was making a swath run to the north, when the airplane collided with a known power line, then the terrain.
Factual narrative
On July 19, 1996, at about 1820 eastern daylight time, a Grumman G164, N465RF, registered to Garrison Flying Service, operating as a 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight, crashed during a swath run in the vicinity of Montezuma, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire. The commercial pilot reported minor injuries. The flight originated from Savage Field, Montezuma, Georgia, about 5 minutes before the accident.
The pilot stated that he was making a swath run to the north, when the airplane collided with a known power line, and the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N465RF
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 233
- Airframe hours
- 10,000
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Garrison Spraying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- GA
- Airport
- 53A · Savage Field, runway 18, 4,200 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,921 total · 11,000 in this make and model · 1,890 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCN, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.