- Date
- July 3, 1985, 10:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Thief River Fl, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8400KGrumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850703031409A
- Case key
- 13120
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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 acft collided with the ground shortly after takeoff about 800 ft from the end of the rwy. The plt stated that at about 5 pt afl the acft stalled and fell into a field off the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8400K
- Reported as
- Grumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 685B
- Airframe hours
- 1,015
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Dean E. Phillip
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 26, 1984 · 120 hours before
- Airport
- Deans Airport, runway 9, 2,640 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 115 in this make and model · 1,900 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFK, 37 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.
Other investigations on N8400K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.