- Date
- August 25, 1981
- Place
- Mer Rouge, LA · MER ROUGE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8209KGrumman G-164B
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810825057949A
- Case key
- 124677
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1953 81/8/25 MER ROUGE,LA GRUMMAN G-164B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0800 N8209K PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY 34, 11200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 8000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BACON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MER ROUGE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 8248 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BLOWER SEAL FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8209K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bacon
N8209KRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Schweizer G-164BAirframe modelSchweizer G-164BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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