- Date
- July 22, 1974
- Place
- New Castle, TN · NEW CASTLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6533Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740722024409A
- Case key
- 134392
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2509 74/7/22 NEW CASTLE,TENN GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 6200 TIME - 1645 N6533 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2371 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOTS SPOT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOLIVAR,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) THUNDERSTORM, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 90 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5000 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6533
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dots Spot
N6533Registration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Grumman G-164AAirframe modelGrumman G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6533 · 1
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