- Date
- July 17, 1973
- Place
- Parks, LA · PARKS, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N463RFGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730717019309A
- Case key
- 189783
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1593 73/7/17 PARKS,LA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 32400 TIME - 1230 N463RF PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 15400 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MELANCON STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PARKS,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- ELEV ATTACH BOLT FND BADLY WORN AND PARTIAL SHEARED.P/N AN4-12A.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N463RF
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Melancon Strip
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.