- Date
- July 24, 1967
- Place
- Hickory Ridge, AR · HICKORY RIDGE, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N521YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115640
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2529 67/7/24 HICKORY RIDGE,ARK GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 6000 TIME - 1230 N521Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WIXON AIRSTRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4500 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND REMARKS- TRUCK PARKED ON TAKEOFF AREA AFTER PLT LNDED. PL DIDNOT ASSURE AREA CLEARED PRIOR TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N521Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wixon Airstrip
N521YRegistration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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