Grumman G-164A N6659

6 April 1979 · Clewiston, Florida, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 6 April 1979 at about 08:15 local time, a Grumman G-164A registered N6659, operated by Taylor Flying, was involved in an accident during in flight near Clewiston, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 April 1979 at 08:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Clewiston, Florida, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman G-164A
Registration: N6659
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Taylor Flying
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1670

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	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

FLEW SAME FIELD PREVIOUS DAY, UNDER WIRES.

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 3-1670, 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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