- Date
- September 20, 1978
- Place
- Hollybluff, MS · HOLLYBLUFF, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N961XGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139255
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3007 78/9/20 NR.HOLLYBLUFF,MS GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 10000 TIME - 1030 N961X PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLLYBLUFF,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3600 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC 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 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N961X
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N961XRegistration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Grumman G-164AAirframe modelGrumman G-164AEngine modelJacobs R755A series
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Other investigations on N961X · 1
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