- Date
- July 8, 1981
- Place
- Mercedes, TX · MERCEDES, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6655Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810708046149A
- Case key
- 124834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1353 81/7/8 NR.MERCEDES,TX GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2005 N6655 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 31, 4050 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1655 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESLACO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1655 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON 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 - 70 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN REMARKS- HIT LWR WIRE WHILE WORKING UNDER PWR LN.PLT RPRTD-FATIGUED FM MNGMNT/FLT DUTIES.FLEW 12HRS,LAST 24
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6655
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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