- Date
- February 11, 1964
- Place
- Boca Raton, FL · BOCA RATON, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N489YGrumman 164
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185124
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0339 64/2/11 BOCA RATON FLA GRUMMAN 164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2200 TIME - 0800 N489Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1700 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 50 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N489Y
- Reported as
- Grumman 164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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