- Date
- September 26, 1990, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Minturn, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36303Schweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900926042459A
- Case key
- 8282
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Probable cause
A previously fractured main wheel which had resulted from a hard landing. A factor in the accident was inadequate inspection by the operator.
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
The pilot said he was returning to the airstrip from the sprayed field. He noticed that the right tire and wheel half were missing. After landing the right strut was held off the rwy until airspeed slowed. When the right strut dragged the rwy, the airplane nosed down. The wheel was found to have been previously fractured. The pilot recalled a hard landing six weeks before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36303
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 761B
- Engine
- P&W R985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Sherman, Richard E.
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway 36, 2,550 × 100 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.