- Date
- August 24, 1978
- Place
- Greenfield, IL · GREENFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N723YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780824030269A
- Case key
- 139475
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4273 78/8/24 NR.GREENFIELD,IL GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N723Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 39, 3930 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENFIELD,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SAND FOUND IN FLOAT NEEDLE CAVITY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N723Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Longmeyer Rla
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N723Y · 1
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