- Date
- May 19, 1976
- Place
- Marysville, CA · MARYSVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5398Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760519015329A
- Case key
- 153679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1448 76/5/19 MARYSVILLE,CA GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N5398 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 29, 6050 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOFMAN STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARYSVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - 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 - 65 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5398
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hofman Strip
N5398Registration cancelled Jan 11, 2002 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 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 N5398 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI01LA229Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDodge Center, MNThe pilot not maintaining directional control on the ground during the takeoff roll. Factors relating to this accident were the total failure of the propeller governor and the corn crop.NTSB DEN87LA192Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRomeo, COThe plt reports that the acft encountered a downdraft during the turn around following a swath run. The aircraft began to settle and collided with the ground, bounced, hit a second time and nosed over. The aircraft was loaded with 280 gals of amine and 70…