- Date
- May 12, 1974
- Place
- Hayes, SD · HAYES, SD
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N615UGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740512012209A
- Case key
- 186142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0986 74/5/12 HAYES,S DAK GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 6000 TIME - 1130 N615U PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAYES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYES,S DAK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 6000 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 - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- PREV LOAD 120 GAL THIS LOAD REDUCED TO 100 GAL.1900 FT RWY,OAT EST 70 DEG,WIND CALM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N615U
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hayes
N615URegistration cancelled Apr 26, 2013 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelJacobs R755A series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N615U · 1
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