# NTSB investigations: Grumman G-164A: 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 DFW05CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA084.md): Grumman G-164A · Gilbert, LA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 10, 2005 · N5327 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing. A contributing factor was a deflated right main tire.
- [NTSB CHI03LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA132.md): Grumman G-164A · North Platte, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 20, 2003 · N7855 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the collapse of the main landing gear. A factor to the accident was the quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB CHI02LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA152.md): Grumman G-164A · Langdon, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 2002 · N7835 · Destroyed
  > The pilot did not maintain directional control while taxiing. A contributing factor was the wind gust condition present at the time of the accident.
- [NTSB CHI01LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA134.md): Air Tractor G-164A · Casselton, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 16, 2001 · N970X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while recovering from a bounced landing. A factor was the collapse of the right main landing gear.
- [NTSB CHI94DTG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94DTG01.md): Grumman G-164-A · La Moure, ND · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 26, 1994 · N5277 · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain directional control.
- [NTSB LAX93LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA098.md): Grumman G-164A · Lost Hills, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 22, 1993 · N6654 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inability to maintain directional control during the landing roll out due to a binding left brake master cylinder.
- [NTSB LAX92LA358](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA358.md): Grumman G-164A · Laveen, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 1992 · N5363 · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll.
- [NTSB DEN91LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN91LA119.md): Grumman G-164A · Smyer, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 28, 1991 · N928X · Substantial damage
  > Directional control not maintained. Factors were: crosswind, soft ground, and high vegetation.
- [NTSB FTW90DRD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90DRD03.md): Grumman G-164A · Glynn, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 22, 1990 · N930X · Substantial damage
  > Loss of directional control on the ground, due to intermittent locking of the right brake during the landing roll.
- [NTSB CHI84LA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA357.md): Grumman G-164A · Rice, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1984 · N600T · Substantial damage
  > Pilot stated that during the takeoff roll the acft suddenly began to pull to the left. The pilot reduced power and applied right brake and rudder to correct but the left wing struck corn stalks. Examination of the acft after the accident revealed the left…
- [NTSB ATL84LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA145.md): Grumman G164A · Huger, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 19, 1984 · N7856 · Substantial damage
  > The aerial application acft was using a gravel surfaced dirt road as a temporary landing strip. During the landing roll the acft drifted to the left & hit a soft spot, a tree, & nosed over in a ditch.
- [NTSB FTW83LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA298.md): Grumman G-164A · Grubbs, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 27, 1983 · N4237 · Substantial damage
  > The agricultural acft nosed over during landing. The plt said he was attemping to steer the acft around standing puddlesof water on a wet private airstrip when directional control was lost and the acft nosed over in a ditch.
- [NTSB FTW82DA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA177.md): Grumman G-164A · Elreno, OK · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 13, 1982 · N7843 · Destroyed
  > During takeoff the pilot encountered standing water on the runway. The aircraft swerved left and nosed over.

## 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 ('3952704')
    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=3952704&occurrence=260

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