- Date
- October 14, 1991, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bay Minette, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N590YGrumman G164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911014046039A
- Case key
- 8534
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The rough/uneven runway condition caused by the sink hole.
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 stated that during the takeoff roll, the right main tire hit a sink hole in the runway,and he lost control of the airplane. He said that the left main tire blew out, and he was unable to regain control of the aircraft. The aircraft went down an embankment next to the runway and flipped over onto its back. The pilot said the hole in the runway measured 2 feet deep, 2 feet long, and 18 inches in width.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N590Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 181
- Airframe hours
- 3,755
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-A1B, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Clark, Joel P.
- Registered owner
- Dunn, Diane C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1991 · 121 hours before
- Destination
- NONE · Lucedale, MS
- Airport
- 1R8 · Bay Minette Municipal, runway 26, 4,300 × 80 ft, asphalt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 20,000 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOB, 19 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 N590Y · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.