- Date
- July 25, 1981
- Place
- Fagus, MO · FAGUS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N677UGrumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810725047339A
- Case key
- 125004
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1530 81/7/25 FAGUS,MO GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 9419 TIME - 1400 N677U PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHANTEL FARM STRI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAGUS,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9200 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - BEANS 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
Aircraft
- Registration
- N677U
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chantel Farm Stri
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N677U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI88DEV02Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCape Girardeau, ILThe plt was applying chemicals to a field with 3 radio transmission towers along one side. He rprtd that as he was finishing the field, he circled one of the towers, them made a final swath run across the end of the field. He stated that as he pulled up from…NTSB FTW75FRD55Accident · No injuriesClosedIota, LA