- Date
- April 26, 1980
- Place
- Palermo, CA · PALERMO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8388Grumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800426010629A
- Case key
- 130397
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1479 80/4/26 NR.PALERMO,CA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1300 N8388 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY 38, 8700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALERMO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 100 SWAMPY/WATER TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT DENSE WITH TREES REMARKS- NO. 1 CYL HEAD FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8388
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kister
N8388Registered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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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 N8388 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX98LA255Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNelson, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain an adequate ground clearance altitude while applying chemicals to a rice field.NTSB LAX82DA194Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportWoodland, CAThe aircraft collided with wires and crashed during a crop dusting operation. The aircraft hit wires during a turn at the end of a swath run.