- Date
- May 8, 1981
- Place
- Burns Flat, OK · BURNS FLAT, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N11KFGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810508022829A
- Case key
- 125656
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1280 81/5/8 BURNS FLAT,OK GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 7500 TIME - 1700 N11KF PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2400 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLINTON SHERMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURNS FLAT,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT RPRTD ENCTRG A WHIRLWIND AFTER LIFT-OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11KF
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clinton Sherman
N11KFRegistration cancelled Mar 27, 1984 · Grumman American Avn. G-164Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. G-164
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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.