- Date
- May 18, 1972
- Place
- Louise, TX · LOUISE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N986XGrumman G164A
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167125
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1818 72/5/18 LOUISE,TEX GRUMMAN G164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N986X PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 40, 5700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLUB LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT 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 - 100 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N986X
- Reported as
- Grumman G164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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