- Date
- July 16, 1974
- Place
- San Benito, TX · SAN BENITO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9793Grumman 164-A
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740716023599A
- Case key
- 130235
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2168 74/7/16 SAN BENITO,TEX GRUMMAN 164-A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 10549 TIME - 1200 N9793 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 4000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN BENITO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN BENITO,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 8000 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- PLIERS FRM SPRAY LOADING & SERVICING PIT FOUND AT IMPACT AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9793
- Reported as
- Grumman 164-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Benito Muni
N9793Registration cancelled Feb 8, 2013 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Other investigations on N9793 · 1
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