- Date
- June 15, 1973
- Place
- Chandlr Hts, AZ · CHANDLR HTS, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N72PBGrumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730615017759A
- Case key
- 190108
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1795 73/6/15 CHANDLR HTS,ARIZ GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2030 N72PB PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 44, 7510 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2510 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DIRT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHANDLR HTS,ARIZ MESA,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT ENTERED A CLOUD OF DUST,LOST SIGHT OF BURNING RAGS USED FOR VIS GUIDANCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72PB
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dirt Strip
N72PBRegistration cancelled Jan 28, 1998 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
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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 N72PB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.