- Date
- November 25, 1975
- Place
- Iowa, LA · IOWA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N11983Grumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751125037579A
- Case key
- 151838
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3389 75/11/25 IOWA,LA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 4200 TIME - 1400 N11983 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OBRIENS STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IOWA,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- AILERON CONTROLS REVERSED DURING MAINT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11983
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Obriens Strip
N11983Registration cancelled Jan 30, 2013 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine 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 N11983 · 1
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