- Date
- September 10, 1978
- Place
- Bald Knob, AR · BALD KNOB, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9652Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780910027609A
- Case key
- 140186
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2538 78/9/10 BALD KNOB,AR GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 3304 TIME - 1500 N9652 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALD KNOB,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3200 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT 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 - 190 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9652
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9652Registration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 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.