- Date
- August 19, 1978
- Place
- Altha, FL · ALTHA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6531KGrumman G-164B
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780819025749A
- Case key
- 139944
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3838 78/8/19 ALTHA,FL GRUMMAN G-164B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 7000 TIME - 1030 N6531K PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARM AIR SERVICE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALTHA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 7000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC 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 - 202 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- PARKING BRAKE VIBERATED TO ON POS.AD ON PARKING BRAKE HAD BEEN COMPLIED WITH AT FACTORY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6531K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farm Air Service
N6531KRegistration cancelled Aug 9, 2010 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Other investigations on N6531K · 1
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