- Date
- May 20, 1994, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Memphis, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6816QGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940520012089A
- Case key
- 3388
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the earthen dike during the swath run.
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 an aerial application swath run, the airplane collided with a dike. The collision resulted in the separation of the right main landing gear and damage to the left main gear. The pilot diverted to a hard surface runway. During the landing slide, the airplane nosed over resulting in substantial damage.
Factual narrative
On May 20, 1994, about 1040 central daylight time, a Grumman G-164B, N6816Q, collided with a dike during an aerial application swath. Subsequently, it nosed over during landing at Memphis, Tennessee. The airplane was operated by Thomas Munn, Jr. and Jim Harris, Jr. under 14 CFR Part 137, and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed. There were no injuries to the commercial pilot, and the airplane was substantially damaged. Origination of the flight was Wheatley, Arkansas, about 0800 on the same day.
During the dike collision, the right main landing gear was separated from the airplane, and the left main gear was damaged. The pilot diverted to General Dewitt Spain Airport, at Memphis. During the landing slide on the hard surface runway, the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6816Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 320B
- Airframe hours
- 4,200
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Munn, Thomas, & Harris, Jim
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1994 · 160 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Wheatley, AR
- Airport
- M01 · General Dewitt Spain, runway 34, 3,800 × 75 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,864 total · 190 in this make and model · 1,710 as pilot in command · 185 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 10 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 N6816Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.