- Date
- April 7, 1980
- Place
- Strauss, KS · STRAUSS, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6770KGrumman G-164C
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800407009079A
- Case key
- 130831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1198 80/4/7 STRAUSS,KS GRUMMAN G-164C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N6770K PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 40, 7030 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 217 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STRAUSS,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2000 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING REMARKS- NOSED OVR DRG FORCED LNDG IN MUDDY WHEAT FIELD WHEN ACFT HIT TERRACE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6770K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
N6770KRegistration cancelled Oct 15, 1997 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164CAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6770K · 1
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