ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155873
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| Date: | Thursday 9 May 2013 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164B Turbo Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Agricultural Part 137 |
| Registration: | N8214S |
| MSN: | 787B |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5136 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT-6/R1340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | private ag strip, northwest of Biggs, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Marysville, CA (MYV) |
| Biggs, CA (Priv) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, while in the traffic pattern for landing, he was told by ground operations personnel that maintenance was being performed on the runway. The pilot scanned the area and saw trucks parked on the south end of the airstrip property but nothing on the runway. The pilot continued the landing, and taxied the airplane down the runway after landing. Although the pilot was performing s-turns for visibility purposes, he did not see service equipment on the runway, and the airplane collided with it and the operator of that equipment. The operator, who was fatally injured, was pushing a blower down the center of the runway and was wearing hearing protection at the time of the collision. It is likely that, due to the hearing protection and the sound of the blower, the operator did not hear the airplane. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed minor damage to both the inlet scoop and the lower right wing lower surface.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to adequately monitor the runway environment during taxi, which resulted in an on-ground collision.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8214S
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2013 22:08 | Geno | Added |
| 13-May-2013 14:05 | reformFAAnow | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 14:40 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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