- Date
- July 26, 1978
- Place
- Ellerbe, NC · ELLERBE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6609QGrumman G-164B
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780726023089A
- Case key
- 140604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1893 78/7/26 NR.ELLERBE,NC GRUMMAN G-164B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 9000 TIME - 1300 N6609Q PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 1300 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELLERBE,NC ALBEMARLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6609Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6609QRegistered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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 N6609Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MKC87LA133Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMcdougal, ARThe ag airplane was on takeoff roll when the pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit. He stopped the airplane and turned off the fuel and switches before evacuating the airplane. He said the flames were coming from the cowling around the engine. Due to the total…NTSB MKC86LA086Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAdvance, MOThe airplane was being operated as an agricultural aircraft when the engine started backfiring and then quit. During the forced landing in a plowed field, the airplane flipped forward to the inverted position. Investigation revealed the teeth on the left…