- Date
- August 8, 1975
- Place
- Dyersburg, TN · DYERSBURG, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8506HGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750808023699A
- Case key
- 150311
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2122 75/8/8 DYERSBURG,TN GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1395 TIME - 1520 N8506H PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FINLEY,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 600 KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - BEANS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 337 REMARKS- STRUCK ANTENNA SUPPORT CABLE ABT 150FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8506H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8506HRegistration cancelled Apr 16, 2002 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine 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.