- Date
- April 25, 1980
- Place
- Lake Arthur, LA · LAKE ARTHUR, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8369Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800425011999A
- Case key
- 131080
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0497 80/4/25 LAKE ARTHUR,LA GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1442 TIME - 0900 N8369 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEALS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE ARTHUR,LA ABBEVILLE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- EXHAUST VALVE COVER OIL LEAK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8369
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Teals
N8369Registration cancelled Nov 23, 1988 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
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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 N8369 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN87FA091Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportLamar, COThe aircraft had completed a formation aerial application operation and were in the process of single airplane spraying around the perimeters of a field. They collided at 10 feet above the ground on perpendicular flight paths, descended out of control and…NTSB MIA78FKQ32Accident · No injuriesClosedCharleston, MS