- Date
- April 24, 1980
- Place
- Princeton, CA · PRINCETON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9792Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800424009779A
- Case key
- 130982
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1486 80/4/24 PRINCETON,CA GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0905 N9792 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY 34, 4250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2050 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DIRT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRINCETON,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 250 REMARKS- FORWARD BEARING,P/N 12768,SUPPORTING IMPELLER SHAFT FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9792
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dirt Strip
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.