- Date
- April 8, 1984, 11:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Leesburg, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48546Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840408008819A
- Case key
- 12577
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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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Analysis
The plt decided to land in a hay field to talk to the farmer about the aerial seeding operation he was conducting. During the landing the plt said the acft hit a soft spot in the field and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48546
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 68B
- Airframe hours
- 3,280
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Warren D. Cail
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 11, 1984 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- I23 · Wash. Courthous, OH
N48546Registration cancelled Jul 8, 2004 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,004 total · 2,280 in this make and model · 8,004 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 50 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.