- Date
- June 27, 1966
- Place
- Sasser, GA · SASSER, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N692YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170830
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1726 66/6/27 SASSER GA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1930 N692Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 25, 1336 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-SULPHUR DUST IGNITED AS HOPPER WAS CLOSED. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - STATIC DISCHARGE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 300 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- SUCCESSFUL LANDING MADE, FIRE DESTROYED AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N692Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N692YRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelContinental W670 series
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