- Date
- April 8, 1979
- Place
- Gridley, CA · GRIDLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10212Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790408008869A
- Case key
- 137077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0802 79/4/8 NR.GRIDLEY,CA GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 5050 TIME - 0856 N10212 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3400 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CLOVER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC 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 - 150 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACDT UNOBSERVED,CAUSE FOR LOSS OF CONTROL UNDETERMINED.PILOT HAS NO RECOLLECTION OF LOSS OF CNTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10212
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N10212 · 2
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