- Date
- May 20, 1975
- Place
- Iota, LA · IOTA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N677UGrumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750520013509A
- Case key
- 148787
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1405 75/5/20 IOTA,LA GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 645 TIME - 1030 N677U PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 281 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SITTIG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IOTA,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 281 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 - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- RWY NARROWED MID LENGTH. BUSHES CAUGHT WG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N677U
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sittig
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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 N677U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI88DEV02Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCape Girardeau, ILThe plt was applying chemicals to a field with 3 radio transmission towers along one side. He rprtd that as he was finishing the field, he circled one of the towers, them made a final swath run across the end of the field. He stated that as he pulled up from…NTSB MKC81DCA20Accident · No injuriesClosedFagus, MO