- Date
- June 3, 1973
- Place
- Devalls Bluff, AR · DEVALLS BLUFF, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10264Grumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730603015509A
- Case key
- 190536
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1227 73/6/3 DEVALLS BLUFF,ARK GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2000 TIME - 1830 N10264 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BISCOE,ARK HAZEN,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1750 KIND OF OPERATION - FERRY PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- DURING FERRY RETRN FLT TO OPER BASE ACFT MADE 2 LOW PASS OVER RIVER.ON 2ND PASS LDG GR HIT WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10264
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N10264Registration cancelled Sep 8, 2014 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelContinental W670 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N10264 · 4
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