- Date
- July 21, 1979
- Place
- Richfield, UT · RICHFIELD, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6589Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790721017559A
- Case key
- 135148
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1516 79/7/21 NR.RICHFIELD,UT GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 7500 TIME - 0900 N6589 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHFIELD,UT RICHFIELD,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: MANEUVER TO AVOID OBSTRUCTION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL FLOW INDICATOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 5300 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6589
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6589Registration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Grumman G-164AAirframe modelGrumman G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 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 N6589 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN84LA224Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRichey, MTThe plt had finished spraying & was proceeding to the glendive arpt. He said that eng or prop began a sudden severe vibration which required the eng to be shut down. An emegency landing was made. The plt stated that the left wing impacted a hill which spun…NTSB DEN76FTM47Accident · No injuriesClosedLeland, UT