- Date
- October 21, 1972
- Place
- Zellwood, FL · ZELLWOOD, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N770ZFGrumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169268
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3999 72/10/21 ZELLWOOD,FLA GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0815 N770ZF PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 44, 6800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3700 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POTTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ZELLWOOD,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4700 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT 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 - 60 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND REMARKS- NR4 CYL HEAD SEPD.SPRAYING CARROTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N770ZF
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Potter
N770ZFRegistration cancelled Feb 26, 2013 · Grumman G-164AAirframe modelGrumman G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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.
Other investigations on N770ZF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.