- Date
- February 21, 1980
- Place
- Ceres, CA · CERES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6659QGrumman G-164B
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800221006309A
- Case key
- 132250
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0094 80/2/21 CERES,CA GRUMMAN G-164B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2930 TIME - 1330 N6659Q PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CERES,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO RELOADING AREA NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERRY PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6659Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6659QRegistration cancelled May 22, 1984 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6659Q · 1
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