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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A · Shafter, CA · June 9, 2015

Date
June 9, 2015 · 11:30 local
Place
Shafter, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
OGKG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8372
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA15CA113
Reported as
Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total150 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On the last landing of the day after 11 landings on the same dirt road next to a 7 foot deep ditch the aircraft veered right into the ditch while landing easterly. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the left wing upper wing tip when it hit the embankment on the ditch. The propeller blade was bent back approximatley 20 degrees aft from straight.

The right upper wingtip was damaged on the tip where it hit the dirt embankment.

No injury to the pilot or property damage. No spillage of any chemicals.

As the FAA filed it

ON THE LAST LANDING OF THE DAY AFTER 11 LANDINGS ON THE SAME DIRT ROAD NEXT TO A 7 FOOT DEEP DITCH THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT INTO THE DITCH WHILE LANDING EASTERLY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING UPPER WING TIP WHEN IT HIT THE EMBANKMENT ON THE DITCH. THE PROPELLER BLADE WAS BENT BACK APPROXIMATLEY 20 DEGREES AFT FROM STRAIGHT.

THE RIGHT UPPER WINGTIP WAS DAMAGED ON THE TIP WHERE IT HIT THE DIRT EMBANKMENT.

NO INJURY TO THE PILOT OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. NO SPILLAGE OF ANY CHEMICALS.

NTSB investigation

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