# NTSB LAX83LA222: Grumman 164B, N6530K, Lodi, CA, May 7, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 7, 1983, 05:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Coordinates: 38.109737, -121.159973 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1097&lon=-121.1600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23704
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23704/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA222

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff
  - light condition - dawn (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause)
  - object - aircraft moving on ground (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROLLING FOR TAKEOFF AT DAWN WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER CROP DUSTER TAXIING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTIONTHE AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF HAD ROLLED ABOUT 100 FEET WHEN THE PILOT SAW A RED LIGHT ON THE RUNWAY AND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP OR EVADE THE LIGHT. ALL EFFORTS TO TURN OR STOP WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN AVOIDING A COLLISION AND ATAN ESTIMATED 5 MPH UNDER HEAVY BRAKING THE AIRCRAFT NOSED DOWN AND COLLIDED AT THE SAME TIME. THE FUEL TANKS OF BOTH AIRCRAFT RUPTURED AND FIRE ERUPTED IMMEDIATELY. THE TAXIING CROP DUSTER WAS NOT BEING OPERATED INCIDENT TO FLIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6530K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6530K-1991-04-18), registration cancelled 1991-04-18, S/N 355B (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN 164B
- Registry model: [Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164b) (registry code 3952802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 533B
- Airframe hours: 2027
- Engines: P&W R-985 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Registered owner: Phillips Aero Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 1, 1983, 92 hours before
- Airport: 103, Lodi, runway 8, 3,090 × 24 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 4,668 total, 500 in this make and model, 4,381 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 48 °F

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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