- Date
- November 17, 1976
- Place
- Williams, CA · WILLIAMS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10211Grumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761117036729A
- Case key
- 156469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3420 76/11/17 NR.WILLIAMS,CA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 11000 TIME - 1645 N10211 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 - WILLIAMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER APPROACHING DARKNESS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PILOT MADE PRECAUTIONRY LDG IN SOFT RICE FIELD DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY-AG OPS COMP,RETURN HOME FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10211
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Williams
N10211Registered now · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N10211 · 1
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