- Date
- July 15, 1982, 06:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4589Grumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820715029699A
- Case key
- 71353
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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.
In flight collision with object
Terrain condition
Clearance - inadequateCause
Analysis
Plt was spraying very low due to wind conditions. Acft struck a water sprinkler & immediately caught on fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4589
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1065
- Airframe hours
- 3,691
- Engine
- P & W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- J&J Cropdusters, Inc.
- Registered owner
- J&J Cropdusters, Inc.
N4589Registration cancelled Aug 24, 1983 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.