- Date
- May 24, 1982, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Richvale, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10225Grumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820524018609A
- Case key
- 72387
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Low pass - misjudgedCause
Analysis
During a procedure turn of the swath run the pilot stated he was low and slow and collided with powerlines. The aircraft crashed and burned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10225
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25
- Airframe hours
- 5,125
- Engine
- Continental W-670, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Chuck Jones Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Chuck Jones Flying Service
- Departed
- Richvale, CA
- Destination
- Richvale, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 650 in this make and model · 260 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.