- Date
- May 21, 1980
- Place
- Minturn, AR · MINTURN, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8128KGrumman G-164B
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800521015799A
- Case key
- 131099
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0394 80/5/21 NR.MINTURN,AR GRUMMAN G-164B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N8128K PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 51, 4798 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINTURN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINTURN,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4798 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - 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 - 275 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK RICE DIKE DRNG SWATH RUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8128K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Minturn
N8128KRegistered now · Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164BAirframe modelGulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164BEngine 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.