- Date
- October 14, 1972
- Place
- Queen Creek, AZ · QUEEN CREEK, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N970XGrumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169111
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2747 72/10/14 QUEEN CREEK,ARIZ GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N970X PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 30, 4400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUEEN CREEK,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 400 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1300 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N970X
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ag Strip
N970XRegistration cancelled Sep 4, 2003 · Grumman G-164AAirframe modelGrumman G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Other investigations on N970X · 1
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