SLEDGE, MS, USA
N8526H
GRUMMAN G-164A
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AND NOSED OVER DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVER. THE PLT STATED, THE ACFT STARTEDTO SETTLE WHILE IN A TURN AND HE DUMPED THE LOAD AFTER LEVELING THE WINGS BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE DESCENT PRIOR TO GROUND CONTACT. THE ACFT HAD JUST BEEN LOADED WITH 200 GALLONS OF SPRAY AND ABOUT 70 GALLONS OF FUEL. TWO SWATH RUNS HADBEEN MADE PRIOR TO THE CRASH.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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