- Date
- July 12, 1993, 19:30 local (Jul 13, 1993, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eldred, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N48518Grumman G164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930712023519A
- Case key
- 9238
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported he was unable to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll on a grass strip. The airplane went off the runway to the right and into a wheat field. No preaccident mechanical abnormalities were reported by the pilot.
Factual narrative
On July 12, 1993, about 1930 central daylight time, a Grumman G164B airplane, N48518, sustained substantial damage during an attempted takeoff from a private airstrip near Eldred, Minnesota. The solo commercial pilot was not injured. The local, aerial application flight operated without flight plan in visual meteorological conditions under 14 CFR Part 137.
The pilot reported he was unable to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll on a grass strip. The airplane went off the runway to the right and into a wheat field.
No preaccident mechanical abnormalities were reported by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48518
- Reported as
- Grumman G164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61B
- Airframe hours
- 4,235
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Gasper Air Spray, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Michael Gasper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1993 · 236 hours before
- Airport
- MY59 · Gasper Airport, runway 36, 2,640 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,600 total · 2,300 in this make and model · 5,600 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Observed at
- GFK
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 N48518 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.