# NTSB investigations: Grumman G-164: Loss of control - on ground/water

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB FTW93LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA101.md): Grumman G-164 · Goodwin, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 11, 1993 · N634U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to compensate for the crosswind. A factor was the crosswind.
- [NTSB DEN89LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA110.md): Grumman G-164 · Kindred, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 19, 1989 · N527Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to compensate for the wind conditions during the takeoff. Contributing to the accident were the crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB MKC87LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA105.md): Grumman G-164 · Knobel, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 21, 1987 · N484Y · Substantial damage
  > The PIC stated that the acft was struck by a gust of wind, and he lost control. The PIC applied rt rudder towards a 1OFT ditch in an att to get over it. The acft was too heavy to fly over the ditch and the acft impacted into the ditch. A review of wx cond's…
- [NTSB LAX83LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA101.md): Grumman G164 · Avenal, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 11, 1983 · N728Y · Substantial damage
  > During a landing after a spraying operation, the right brake failed and the aircraft collided with a berm before nosing over. The pilot said the right brake failed to keep aircraft on the runway when the rudder became ineffective. The 'o' ring part number an…
- [NTSB LAX82DA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA187.md): Grumman G-164A · Pleasant Grove, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 22, 1982 · N458Y · Substantial damage
  > As the aircraft slowed during the landing roll, it began to drift right when the rudder became ineffective. The pilot was unable to obtain left braking action to maintain directional control. Subsequently, the right main gear struck a small earth bank and the…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3952702')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3952702&occurrence=260

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