20020429009289A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Scwzer G-164B · Tichnor, AR · April 29, 2002

Date
April 29, 2002 · 08:10 local
Place
Tichnor, AR
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N6718K
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW02LA132
Reported as
Scwzer G164B

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What happened

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(-23) On April 29, 2002, approximately 0810 central daylight time, a grumman-schweizer, G-164-B agricultural airplane, N6718K, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over while landing near gillett, Arkansas. The commercial pilot, sole occupant of the airplane was not injured. The airplane was owned and operated by trites flying service, gillett Arkansas, under 14 code of federal regulations part 137. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local application flight, and a flight plan was not filed. The flight originated from a private airstrip near gillett at 0745.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 29, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 0810 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A GRUMMAN-SCHWEIZER, G-164-B AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE, N6718K, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT NOSED OVER WHILE LANDING NEAR GILLETT, ARKANSAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY TRITES FLYING SERVICE, GILLETT ARKANSAS, UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 137. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL APPLICATION FLIGHT, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR GILLETT AT 0745.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.