- Date
- February 12, 1973
- Place
- Edison, CA · EDISON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10220Grumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730212002909A
- Case key
- 173569
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2423 73/2/12 NR.EDISON,CALIF GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 13625 TIME - 1240 N10220 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 525 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JARRASEN DUSTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDISON,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN 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 - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - POTATOES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 600 MOUNTAINOUS SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK WIRE THEN FLEW INTO POLES AND EXPLODED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10220
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jarrasen Duster
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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 N10220 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.