- Date
- June 11, 1972
- Place
- Crawfordsvlle, AR · CRAWFORDSVLLE, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7234Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166744
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0509 72/6/11 CRAWFORDSVLLE,ARK GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, TIME - 1205 N7234 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRAWFORDSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OSCEOLA,ARK CRAWFORDSVLLE,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT HAD 10 YR OLD SON WITH HIM IN SINGLE SEAT ACFT. RESTRICTED AFT ELEVATOR TRAVEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7234
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crawfordsville
N7234Registration cancelled Jul 2, 2013 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 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.
Other investigations on N7234 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW88DRD17Accident · No injuriesFinal reportMangham, LAThe ag airplane was spraying cotton when the engine started to vibrate. Pilot pulled airplane up and vibration was so bad power had to be reduced. Pilot made a forced landing in a muddy field. The left wing caught in tall grass and airplane cartwheeled. Pilot…NTSB ATL82DA199Accident · No injuriesFinal reportWetumpka, ALWhile taxiing onto the runway with a load of insecticide, the left main landing gear strut failed. The failure occurred about 2 inches from the fuselage attach point.