About 13:00 EDT, a Grumman G-164A struck a moving truck while departing from a dirt road near Burkittsville. The pilot and the driver received minor injuries. The airplane had been taking off and landing most of the day from a 10-foot wide hard-packed dirt road. The driver of the truck was aware that the airplane had been operating from the road, but forgot about the airplane as he turned onto the road to go home. As the truck proceeded over a crest in the road, the airplane passed in front of, and over the truck. The propeller slashed through the hood and roof of the truck and the airplane then touched down hard on the road, sheared off the right main landing gear, and came to rest in a field inverted.
Oct. 9, Burkittsville, Md. / Grumman Ag-Cat
About 13:00 EDT, a Grumman G-164A struck a moving truck while departing from a dirt road near Burkittsville. The pilot and the driver received minor injuries. The airplane had been taking off and landing most of the day from a 10-foot wide hard-packed dirt road. The driver of the truck was aware that the airplane had been operating from the road, but forgot about the airplane as he turned onto the road to go home. As the truck proceeded over a crest in the road, the airplane passed in front of, and over the truck. The propeller slashed through the hood and roof of the truck and the airplane then touched down hard on the road, sheared off the right main landing gear, and came to rest in a fie...
Key Takeaways:
- A Grumman G-164A aircraft collided with a moving truck during takeoff from a dirt road near Burkittsville.
- The truck driver, despite being aware of the plane's operations from the road, momentarily forgot and drove into its path.
- The airplane's propeller struck the truck, after which the aircraft landed hard, shearing off its landing gear and inverting.
- Both the pilot and truck driver received minor injuries from the incident.
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