- Date
- May 8, 1976
- Place
- Butte City, CA · BUTTE CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9925Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760508011289A
- Case key
- 153852
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1162 76/5/8 BUTTE CITY,CA GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1728 TIME - 0930 N9925 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1317 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FINN STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUTTE CITY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 75 REMARKS- CARB ACCL PUMP STEM,PN NAY9E1 AND NUT,PN P1229 NOT SAFETIED. LND IN RICE FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9925
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Finn Strip
N9925Registration cancelled Jun 14, 2011 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelContinental R-975 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9925 · 2
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NTSB DEN01LA163Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportParowan, UTthe pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush into terrain. Contributing factors were the pilot's diverted attention, the rising terrain, and the high density altitude weather condition.NTSB LAX84LA474Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGoodyear, AZPlt reported pwr loss occurred during night aerial application. Acft nosed over during forced landing in crop field. Investigation failed to reveal any evidence of a mechanical failure/malfunction. Engine was test run to extent permitted by damage and no…