ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43787
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| Date: | Sunday 13 May 2007 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164B Turbo Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Martin's Dusters, Inc. |
| Registration: | N3633Q |
| MSN: | 777B |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8397 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Colusa, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Colusa, CA (O08) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The operator briefed the pilot on the morning of the accident about the field that was scheduled for an application of rice seed. The operator's policy was to fly above the wires. Approximately midday, the operator was assigned the field to drop seed, and assigned the pilot to do the drop. An agricultural commercial pilot witness observed the airplane making the application to the field under the wires. On the second pass, the airplane's vertical stabilizer and rudder struck the wires. The rudder then separated from the airplane. The airplane pitched nose up, stalled, spun approximately three times, and impacted terrain. The airplane was destroyed by post-impact fire.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from wires.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20070523X00624&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 February 1995 | N3633Q | Private | 0 | Brule, NE | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 04-Dec-2017 18:40 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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