- Date
- May 14, 1991, 06:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gillett, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9785Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910514016209A
- Case key
- 23196
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Probable cause
The windshiled becoming obscured by aerial application spray and the resultant limited vision from the cockpit.
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.
Analysis
Whle applying herbcide the windsheild became obscured by spray from a previous swath run. Subsequently, the airlane collided with a level shearing the let main landing gear. The pilot flew back tot he departuure airstrip and during landing additional damage was done to the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9785
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1263
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Unknown
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Gordon, runway 9, 2,640 × 170 ft, grass/turf
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,421 total · 1,740 in this make and model · 6,421 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9785 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.