- Date
- April 1, 1975
- Place
- Southside, AL · SOUTHSIDE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N497YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750401007179A
- Case key
- 148052
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1634 75/4/1 SOUTHSIDE,AL GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2791 TIME - 1430 N497Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1230 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTHSIDE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTHSIDE,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MOUNT AND VIBRATION ISOLATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2791 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TERRAIN-TYPE -HILLY REMARKS- ENG DROPPED DNWD PLT SHUT ENG DWN.AS ENG DROPPED PWR INCRSD TO FULL,PLT UN CTL ACFT.MOUNT BOLT BKN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N497Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Southside
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.