Grumman G-164A N5331

11 August 1973 · Towanda, Illinois, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 11 August 1973 at about 06:00 local time, a Grumman G-164A registered N5331, operated by Schertz Aerial, was involved in an accident during in flight near Towanda, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 August 1973 at 06:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Towanda, Illinois, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman G-164A
Registration: N5331
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Schertz Aerial
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: El Paso, Ill → Gibson City, Ill
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2904

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ONE MORE PASS OVR CORN FLD TO BE SURE HOPPER WASEMPTY.STRUCK GROUND IN NR VERTICAL ATTITUDE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2904, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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