- Date
- May 9, 1969
- Place
- Rosharon, TX · ROSHARON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5324Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182698
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1216 69/5/9 ROSHARON,TEX GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N5324 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 26, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 30 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN REMARKS- SETTLED IN TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5324
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5324Registration cancelled Jan 23, 2014 · Grumman G-164AAirframe modelGrumman G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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Other investigations on N5324 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN13LA443Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMonte Vista, COThe partial loss of engine power due to a fatigue failure of the engine cylinder exhaust rocker housing as a result of an excessively torqued rocker assembly.NTSB DEN86LA220Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCenter, COThe plt reported that he was landing on a 50 ft wide dirt strip and allowed the acft to drift to the left during the landing roll. The left wing collided with wheat growing along the left side of the strip and the acft swerved further to the left. During the…NTSB FTW70FRA36Accident · Minor injuriesClosedRosharon, TX