ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145768
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| Date: | Monday 21 May 2012 |
| Time: | 06:37 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164D Turbo Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Farm Air Flying Service Inc |
| Registration: | N8267K |
| MSN: | 21D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8878 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | By Highway 70, near Nicholas, Yuba City, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento, CA |
| Sacramento, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses saw the airplane make a low pass across a field, then make a hard banking turn back toward the field, and subsequently impact the ground. Impact damage indicated that the airplane struck the field in a nose-down, wings-level attitude consistent with a loss of control. Postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during a low-altitude maneuver.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://www.cbs8.com/story/18571878/crop-duster-plane-crashes-outside-yuba-city
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000430458.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.modbee.com/2012/05/22/2210021/cause-of-cropduster-crash-in-sutter.html]
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/01_8267K.txt
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8267K
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120521X11652&key=1
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-May-2012 12:38 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-May-2012 12:39 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-May-2012 08:40 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2012 17:58 | Geno | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:42 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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