- Date
- August 3, 1978
- Place
- Charlestown, MS · CHARLESTOWN, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6780QGrumman G-164B
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780803020469A
- Case key
- 140588
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2059 78/8/3 CHARLESTOWN,MS GRUMMAN G-164B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 2751 TIME - 0645 N6780Q PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 122 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLESTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTOWN,MS 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. FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO CHK PRKNG BRAKE OFF BEFORE LNDG.NO WRNG PLACARD INSTALLED AS REQUIRED BY AD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6780Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Charleston Muni
N6780QRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 1980 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B
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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.