- Date
- July 19, 1976
- Place
- Cavalier, ND · CAVALIER, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N600TGrumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760719018689A
- Case key
- 155132
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3174 76/7/19 CAVALIER,ND GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0745 N600T PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 54, 18500 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAVALIER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAVALIER,ND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 8100 KIND OF OPERATION - FERRY KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC 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- ACFT SETTLED AFTER PLT REDUCED PWR,UN CK DSCNT.PLT RPTD WX AS HOT AND VERY MUGGY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N600T
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cavalier
N600TRegistered now · Grumman G-164AAirframe modelGrumman G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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 N600T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI06LA147Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGonvick, MNThe aborted takeoff not performed by the pilot. A contributing factor is the reported loss of takeoff performance.NTSB CHI84LA357Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRice, MNPilot stated that during the takeoff roll the acft suddenly began to pull to the left. The pilot reduced power and applied right brake and rudder to correct but the left wing struck corn stalks. Examination of the acft after the accident revealed the left…