- Date
- May 13, 1975
- Place
- E.Lake Charles, LA · E.LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6535Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750513011639A
- Case key
- 134580
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1152 75/5/13 E.LAKE CHARLES,LA GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 6010 TIME - 1515 N6535 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 4000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION E.LAKE CHARLES,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 - 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 - 16 SWAMPY/WATER SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - SECOND 1/3 TURN REMARKS- LND IN RICE FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6535
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6535Registered now · Grumman G-164AAirframe modelGrumman G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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 N6535 · 2
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