- Date
- December 14, 1967
- Place
- Merced, CA · MERCED, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N703YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112593
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4340 67/12/14 MERCED,CALIF GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 10000 TIME - 1000 N703Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOARES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 8000 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 155
Aircraft
- Registration
- N703Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Soares
N703YRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2011 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
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