- Date
- December 9, 1982, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Westley, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6713QGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821209063689A
- Case key
- 73020
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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.
Analysis
The acft collided with a dirt berm during a swath run tearing off both main landing gear. The acft continued to fly & an emergency landing was made at crow's landing nas. The plt attributed his inability to maintain sufficient ground clearance to the haze & setting sun directly ahead of his swath.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6713Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 229-B
- Airframe hours
- 1,655
- Engine
- P & W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Valley Crop Dusters Inc.
- Registered owner
- Valley Crop Dusters Inc.
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 75 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
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 N6713Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.