- Date
- June 4, 1974
- Place
- Sodus, MI · SODUS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N646YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740604018599A
- Case key
- 128736
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2004 74/6/4 SODUS,MICH GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1062 TIME - 1730 N646Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEANER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SODUS,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- UN CLIMB OVR WIRES,ATTEMPTED TO FLY UNDER,HIT BOTTOM WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N646Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Deaner
N646YRegistration cancelled Apr 12, 2004 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelJacobs R755A 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.
Other investigations on N646Y · 1
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