- Date
- October 15, 1974
- Place
- Roll, AZ · ROLL, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5238Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741015034539A
- Case key
- 142513
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3511 74/10/15 ROLL,ARIZ GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 6349 TIME - 0545 N5238 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 3600 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODHOUSE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROLL,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - LETTUCE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 210 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- IMPELLER SEAL FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5238
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Woodhouse
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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.