- Date
- February 22, 1983, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mendota, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8679HGrumman G164A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830222043739A
- Case key
- 23626
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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 wires and crashed during and aerial application flight. The acft stalled after hitting the wires with the left wing and was out of control when it hit the ground and nosed over. The pilot said he had 3 miles visibility. He was also familar with the field and its environment. Weather observation from fresno, located 32 miles east.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8679H
- Reported as
- Grumman G164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1464
- Airframe hours
- 1,705
- Engine
- P&W 1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- San Luis Air Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 15, 1982 · 8 hours before
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 20,800 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAT, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.