- Date
- March 12, 1973
- Place
- Hockley, TX · HOCKLEY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N658YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730312004999A
- Case key
- 169853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0407 73/3/12 HOCKLEY,TEX GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5000 TIME - 1430 N658Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1700 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEGAR STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOCKLEY,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5000 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - PASTURE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY 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 - 160 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND REMARKS- OPERATOR STATED ACFT EXPERIENCED OCCASIONAL HARD LNDG.LDG GR P/N A-1530-12 BKN 8IN BLO ATTACHMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N658Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hegar Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N658Y · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.