- Date
- May 16, 1973
- Place
- Mccune, KS · MCCUNE, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4698Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730516011439A
- Case key
- 190411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1360 73/5/16 MCCUNE,KANS GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1340 N4698 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 29, 2734 TOTAL HOURS, 6 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP STRAUSS,KANS PITTSBURG,KANS MCCUNE,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- DRG TKOF RUN DID NOT ATTAIN FLYING SPEED,ABORTED.STRIP 600FT GRASS STUBBLE 450FT PLOWED GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4698
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4698Registered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
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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.
Other investigations on N4698 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW96LA272Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHolyoke, COthe total failure of the engine main bearing. A factor was the soft terrain condition on which the forced landing was made.NTSB ATL83LA358Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEstill, SCDuring a swath run, the acft began to lose power, so the plt aborted the mission & started back to the arpt to land. However, before reaching the arpt, the eng quit running & the plt landed in a field. During the landing, the acft was extensively damaged. An…