- Date
- April 6, 1973
- Place
- Elbow Lake, MN · ELBOW LAKE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6595Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730406023319A
- Case key
- 173568
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2354 73/4/6 ELBOW LAKE,MINN GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 604 TIME - 0837 N6595 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELBOW LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELBOW LAKE,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED TERRAIN - OTHER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 10 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK PWR LINES DURING TKOF FROM GRAVEL ROAD OF INSUFFICIENT LENGTH.NEAR MAX GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6595
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Elbow Lake
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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