- Date
- April 29, 1992, 19:30 local (Apr 30, 1992, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Scotia, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N31GWSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920429012189A
- Case key
- 15221
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control which resulted in a nose over during the precautionary landing. Related factors are the power lines (obstructions) and inadequate altitude.
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 reported he was taking off with a load of chemicals for aerial application. He stated the airplane '...lifted off the runway, but at a slow speed. I remained close to the ground to stay in ground effect, but noticed no acceleration.' The pilot determined the airplane would not clear the power lines located off the departure end of the runway, so he aborted the takeoff. The airplane nosed over just after it touched down, and skidded about 20 feet before it came to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31GW
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 507B
- Airframe hours
- 1,536
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Wells Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wells Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1992 · 34 hours before
- Airport
- 10K · Scotia, Ne Airport, runway 35, 2,400 × 20 ft, gravel
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,728 total · 28 in this make and model · 2,505 as pilot in command · 94 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.