- Date
- June 6, 1975
- Place
- Eunice, LA · EUNICE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5257Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750606014889A
- Case key
- 148788
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1406 75/6/6 EUNICE,LA GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1071 TIME - 0830 N5257 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - S&S DUSTERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUNICE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- TKOF MADE TOO SOON AFTR OTR ACFT.NO LOAD ABD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5257
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- S&S Dusters
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5257 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.