- Date
- July 26, 1979
- Place
- Minter City, MS · MINTER CITY, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5258Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790726019849A
- Case key
- 134679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2081 79/7/26 NR.MINTER CITY,MS GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 7170 TIME - 0930 N5258 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 4110 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINTER CITY,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- PLT STATED SMALL PARTICLE GOT INTO HIS EYE CAUSING IT TO WATER & BLUR VISION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5258
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5258Registration cancelled Apr 2, 2013 · Grumman G-164AAirframe modelGrumman G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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