- Date
- June 7, 1980
- Place
- Richvale, CA · RICHVALE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N164GCGrumman G-164C
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800607019729A
- Case key
- 130580
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2997 80/6/7 RICHVALE,CA GRUMMAN G-164C CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1423 N164GC PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 43, 10973 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 620 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHVALE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 6500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 118 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN REMARKS- PLT RPRTD HE THOUGHT ENG RPM WAS BLO 2000RPM.PROP BLADES FND AT HI RPM SETTING.PLT RLSD LOAD LATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N164GC
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cherkee
N164GCRegistered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164CAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164CEngine 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.