- Date
- April 11, 1984, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Beaumont, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9978Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840411014839A
- Case key
- 21304
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed(vs) - not maintained
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Nose over
Analysis
The acft stalled during a turn around between swath runs. The pilot stated that he was unable to recover because there was not sufficient alt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9978
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1377
- Airframe hours
- 4,855
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- M & M Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1984 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- Beaumont, TX
N9978Registration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 561 total · 282 in this make and model · 561 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 235° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.