- Date
- August 14, 1971
- Place
- Jeanerette, LA · JEANERETTE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N461RFGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162784
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3010 71/8/14 JEANERETTE,LA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 10000 TIME - 1205 N461RF PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 5000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JEANERETTE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 14 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SPRAYING SUGAR CANE.2-4-D THOMPHOR HEPAID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N461RF
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N461RFRegistration cancelled Oct 20, 2014 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelContinental W670 series
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Other investigations on N461RF · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.