- Date
- August 12, 1970
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10233Grumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3317 70/8/12 YUMA,ARIZ GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 2000 TIME - 0850 N10233 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILBUR STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUMA,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 145 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- HIT GRND WIRE AT TOP OF POLES DRG PULL UP AT END OF 2ND PASS.NO SHOULDER HARNESS IN ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10233
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wilbur Strip
N10233Registration cancelled Jun 23, 2009 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelContinental W670 series
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