Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary FTW86FA066

HANKAMER, TX, USA

Aircraft #1

N8751H

GRUMMAN G164A

Aircraft #2

N8696H

GRUMMAN G164A

Analysis

TWO GRUMMAN AG CATS OPERATED BY THE SAME AIR SERVICE COLLIDED IN MID AIR. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS ONE WAS DEPARTING AND THE OTHER WAS RETURNING TO A TEMPORARY AIR STRIP ADJACENT TO THE FIELDS THEY WERE FERTILIZING. WITNESSES INDICATED THAT BOTH PILOT ATTEMPTED TO AVOID THE OTHER BY PULLING UP. LOW CHOLINERASE WAS FOUND IN THE TOXICOLOGICAL SAMPLE OF THE OLDER PILOT, WHO WAS THE OWNER OF THE AIR SERVICE.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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