- Date
- December 8, 1979
- Place
- Lott, TX · LOTT, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N472YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791208041459A
- Case key
- 133208
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3531 79/12/8 NR.LOTT,TX GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 26000 TIME - 1300 N472Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 7000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WIDEMAN RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KOSSE,TX LOTT,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW FLUID LEVEL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N472Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wideman Ranch
N472YRegistration cancelled Jan 6, 2020 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelContinental W670 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 N472Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.