# NTSB ATL94LA152: Grumman G-164A, N8896H, Vanceboro, NC, August 10, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 10, 1994, 07:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place: Vanceboro, NC
- Coordinates: 35.299095, -77.149848 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2991&lon=-77.1498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 26, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 3429
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL94LA152
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/3429/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA152

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF WHEEL BRAKES.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING POSITIONED TO THE AIRFIELD TO LOAD CHEMICALS FOR AERIAL APPLICATION. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER LANDING ON THE WET SOD RUNWAY HE APPLIED THE WHEEL BRAKES TOO HEAVILY, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WAS CRUSHED.

## Factual narrative

On August 10, 1994, about 0730 eastern daylight time, a Grumman G-164A, N8896H, nosed over during the landing roll at Vanceboro, North Carolina. The airplane was operated under 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules, by Lee Flying Service, Inc. A flight plan was not filed for the positioning flight. The commercial pilot was not injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. Origination of the flight was Washington, North Carolina about 0700, on the same morning.

The pilot reported that he landed at the field where he was to load chemicals for an aerial application flight. The grass of the sod airstrip was wet. He reported that he applied the wheel brakes too heavily, and the airplane nosed over. The vertical stabilizer was crushed. There were no mechanical malfunctions, according to the pilot.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8896H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8896H-2011-10-20), registration cancelled 2011-10-20, S/N 1554, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164A
- Registry model: [Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164a) (registry code 3952801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: P&W R-985-AN1 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Lee Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed: NONE, WASHINGTON, NC
- Destination: NONE
- Airport: NONE, Anderson Airstrip, runway 9, 1,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 4,915 total, 250 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: EWN, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19940810025329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940810025329A), Aug 10, 1994: Scwzer G164B, Vanceboro, NC, Substantial damage. Landed on wet grass loading strip. Braked heavily and nosed over.

## Other investigations on N8896H (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA11CA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA260), Apr 23, 2011: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A (N8896H), Belhaven, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance above crops while performing an aerial application flight.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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