- Date
- March 20, 1980
- Place
- Grass Valley, OR · GRASS VALLEY, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4236Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800320006439A
- Case key
- 131545
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1948 80/3/20 GRASS VALLEY,OR GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N4236 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 29, 4515 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1600 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EARL RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRASS VALLEY,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4236
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Earl Ranch
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4236 · 1
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