- Date
- March 16, 1968
- Place
- El Campo, TX · EL CAMPO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N743YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118614
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0606 68/3/16 EL CAMPO,TEX GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1200 TIME - 0900 N743Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- PLT RELEASED CONTROL BACK PRESSURE.ACFT NOT LOADED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N743Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N743YRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2006 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelJacobs R755B series
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.