- Date
- January 16, 1974
- Place
- Hastings, FL · HASTINGS, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10286Grumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740116006839A
- Case key
- 186695
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2899 74/1/16 HASTINGS,FLA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N10286 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 26, 2261 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 90 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUSTER STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 600 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - 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 - 15 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- WRECKAGE IN SWAMP FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE ENG EXAMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10286
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Duster Strip
N10286Registered now · Grumman G-164AAirframe modelGrumman G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N10286 · 1
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