- Date
- July 11, 1984, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lambert, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64744Snow 600-S2C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840711031909A
- Case key
- 6494
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the landing roll the tailwheel reportedly oscillated braking the shock strut lugs allowing the tail of the acft to contact the sod runway. The plt applied hard braking and the acft nosed over. The plt reported nothing was wrong with the tailwheel locking mechanism.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64744
- Reported as
- Snow 600-S2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 600-1267C
- Engine
- P&W R-13401N-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Lambert Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1984 · 162 hours before
- Departed
- Lambert, MS
- Airport
- Lambert Air Service, runway 24, 2,600 × ft, macadam
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,075 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.