- Date
- April 9, 1981
- Place
- Billings, OK · BILLINGS, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N48478Grumman G-164B
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810409018219A
- Case key
- 126476
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1116 81/4/9 NR.BILLINGS,OK GRUMMAN G-164B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0815 N48478 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 55, 17000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BILLINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BILLINGS,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENG REACHED MAX OF 2100RPM,2350RPM NORMAL FOR TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48478
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Billings
N48478Registration cancelled Nov 28, 2012 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 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.