- Date
- September 14, 1983, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Berry, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N48475Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830914051579A
- Case key
- 6206
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft dragged a wing during takeoff and collapsed the right main gear in the process. After liftoff the plt said the left wing dipped and contacted soybeans at the end of the rwy. He said he overcontrolled and rolled the right wing into the beans. He reported that the 180 gallons of insecticide was dumped but the right main gear hit a terrace and folded, damaging the wing. He had estimated the wind to be light and from 030 degrees. The recorded winds about 25 minutes laterand 20 miles south were from 350 degrees at 10 KTS. The reported takeoff heading was se about 170 degrees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48475
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33B
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Jack W. Duke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- PVT · New Lexington, AL
- Airport
- PVT · New Lexington, runway 17, 1,500 × 40 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 14,000 in this make and model · 14,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TCL, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N48475 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.