- Date
- September 16, 1983, 08:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Yuma, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N620UGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830916049499A
- Case key
- 16159
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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 was observed to turn shortly after lift-off at a very low altitude. It then maneuvered to a climb attitude, but as the acft pitched nose up the eng noise was heard to get louder. The acft settled in a nose high attitude, struck powerlines & fell to the ground. The plt stated he had a power setting of 29 inches mp & 2000 RPM. The operator stated, that carrying a load, the acft must be flown with 31 inches mp & 2100 RPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N620U
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 348
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-A2M1, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Thomas A. Barnier
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 19, 1983 · 112 hours before
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
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.