- Date
- March 20, 1973
- Place
- Kent, OH · KENT, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4369Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730320006609A
- Case key
- 170424
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0631 73/3/20 KENT,OHIO GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 18000 TIME - 1555 N4369 PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 4200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANDREW PATTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENT,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- CROP DUSTING DEMO FLT.3RD LOW PASS OVR UNEVEN SNOW CVRD SOD RWY.LDG GR HIT A SNOWBANK,ACFT UPSET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4369
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Andrew Patton
N4369Registered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.