Grumman G-164A N9512

29 October 1975 · Sweet Lake, Louisiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 October 1975 at about 15:45 local time, a Grumman G-164A registered N9512, operated by O'briens Fly S, was involved in an accident during in flight near Sweet Lake, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 October 1975 at 15:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Sweet Lake, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman G-164A
Registration: N9512
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: O'briens Fly S
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3015

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

NR 3 CYL HEAD FAILED. LND IN DRY RICE FLD & HIT LEVEE.

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 3-3015, 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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