- Date
- July 28, 1970
- Place
- Oskaloosa, IA · OSKALOOSA, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N549YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1153 70/7/28 NR.OSKALOOSA,IOWA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 611 TIME - 1900 N549Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 197 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OSKALOOSA,IOWA OSKALOOSA,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - BEANS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 760 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- LANDED DOWNHILL ON HAY FIELD.APPLIED BRAKES TOO HARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N549Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N549YRegistration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelJacobs R755B series
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Other investigations on N549Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.