- Date
- May 10, 1975
- Place
- Cotton Plant, AR · COTTON PLANT, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8589HGrumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750510011169A
- Case key
- 148554
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0933 75/5/10 COTTON PLANT,AR GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0915 N8589H PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 46, 6651 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 55 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COTTON PLANT,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN GEAR COLLAPSED IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT TERRAIN - OTHER SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 651 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - 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 - 220 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- PLT FLEW UNDER WIRE HIT LEVEE. L GR SEPARATED,CONT FLT. FURTHER DMG ON LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8589H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Davis
N8589HRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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