- Date
- August 21, 1981
- Place
- Whiteface, TX · WHITEFACE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N635UGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810821050749A
- Case key
- 125105
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1766 81/8/21 WHITEFACE,TX GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1118 TIME - 1700 N635U PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DIRT ROAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITEFACE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 803 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 REMARKS- L GEAR ENCTRD SAND AT EDGE OF ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N635U
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dirt Road
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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