- Date
- March 15, 1979
- Place
- Lake Arthur, LA · LAKE ARTHUR, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6603Grum Amer G-164
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 202534
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0262 79/3/15 LAKE ARTHUR,LA GRUM AMER G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2033 TIME - 1000 N6603 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE ARTHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABBYVILLE,LA LAKE ARTHUR,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6603
- Reported as
- Grum Amer G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Arthur
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Other investigations on N6603 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA86LA198Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOkolona, MSWhile in cruise flt at 100 feet en route to the spraying area the engine 'spit' twice and quit completely. During a forced landing in a field the aircraft encountered mud and nosed over coming to rest inverted. The engine had 100 hours before it was to be…NTSB FTW79DRD32Accident · No injuriesClosedLake Arthur, LA