- Date
- April 29, 1979
- Place
- Grimes, CA · GRIMES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N641UGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790429007799A
- Case key
- 136193
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0990 79/4/29 NR.GRIMES,CA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1030 N641U PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY 45, 6200 TOTAL HOURS, 200 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WORKING STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRIMES,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1060 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - OTHER 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 - 40 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- TRAILER PARKED AT LEFT EDGE OF RWY.RGT GEAR STRUCK DITCH AS PILOT CLEARED RGT ON LNDG ROLLOUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N641U
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Working Strip
N641URegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine 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 N641U · 1
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