- Date
- July 4, 1966
- Place
- Warren, MN · WARREN, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N604UGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0462 66/7/4 NR.WARREN MINN GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0925 N604U PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 34, 2805 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARREN MUNICIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1600 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 880 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND REMARKS- PILOT DIVERTED ATTENTION TO LOOK FOR FLAGMAN AND DID NOT SEE WIRES IN TIME TO AVOID THEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N604U
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Warren Municipal
N604URegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2014 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelContinental W670 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.