- Date
- August 27, 1980
- Place
- South Bay, FL · SOUTH BAY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8217KGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800827040409A
- Case key
- 129336
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3647 80/8/27 NR.SOUTH BAY,FL GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 4209 TIME - 1930 N8217K PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 3204 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TALISMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH BAY,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4204 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -NOT FASTENED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- NR.5 CYL EXHAUST PUSHROD FAILED.LNDD ON DIKE,ACFT CAME TO REST IN CANAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8217K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Talisman
N8217KRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164BAirframe modelGulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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