ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353092
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| Date: | Saturday 3 July 1999 |
| Time: | 08:00 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164B Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Tall Towers Aviation, Inc. |
| Registration: | N6633K |
| MSN: | 400B |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2938 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-1340-S3H1-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Page, ND -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | (64G) |
| (64G) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said that winds were 7 mph out of the northeast. He stated that the aircraft ran up normally. He said that he checked the windsock in the run up area and it was still indicating wind out of the northeast. He said that on takeoff, the airplane rotated and started to fly. He stated that the airplane did not produce any further lift and impacted corn and terrain off the departure end of runway 35. He said that after the accident, he noticed the wind had shifted to the southeast.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to compensate for the wind conditions. Factors were the sudden windshift and the crops.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI99LA215
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 July 1991 | N6633K | Al Don Dusting Service, Inc. | 0 | Eloy, AZ | |
sub |
| 6 July 1997 | N6633K | Private | 0 | Donnelly, MN | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2024 10:16 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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