- Date
- August 5, 1967
- Place
- Sandy, OR · SANDY, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N640Grumman G-21A
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115363
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3257 67/8/5 SANDY,OREG GRUMMAN G-21A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 62, 10000 TIME - 1530 N640 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCKINNON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: FROM LANDING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS REMARKS- EVALUATING PROP SURGING WHILE TAXIING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N640
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mckinnon
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