- Date
- April 3, 1974
- Place
- Barker, TX · BARKER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7371Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740403007899A
- Case key
- 186427
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0772 74/4/3 BARKER,TEX GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N7371 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 30, 2719 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1135 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANZ STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BARKER,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1200 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - 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 - 135 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- GUSTING TO 18K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7371
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Franz Strip
N7371Registration cancelled Apr 6, 1990 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7371 · 2
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NTSB FTW86LRD14Accident · No injuriesFinal reportGuedan, LAThe pilot lost engine power at an altitude of about 150 feet AGL following takeoff. He impacted a raised roadbed during the forced landing, flipped inverted, slid to a stop, and burned. The fire damage prevented determination of the cause of engine failure.NTSB FTW85LA252Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKaplan, LAThe left brake failed during the landing roll. The acft veered to the right of the rwy and ground looped. During the groundloop, the left tire blew and the tail wheel spring bolt assembly failed. Cause of the brake failure was not determined.