- Date
- August 12, 1995, 20:30 local (Aug 13, 1995, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wadena, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48611Grumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950812023469A
- Case key
- 9989
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Probable cause
the pilot's inattentiveness during the reversal turn, the pilot not maintaining control of the airplane, and the stall/mush encountered by the pilot.
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 said the airplane stalled without warning during a turn around maneuver after he had just flown over a field he intended to spray. He said he was totally caught off guard by the stall event. The pilot also stated that he did not add enough power during the turn and that the airplane was mushing and shaking during the turn because it was behind the power curve.
Factual narrative
On August 12, 1995, at 2030 central daylight time (cdt), a Grumman G-164, N48611, piloted by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged during a collision with the ground while maneuvering for a swath run. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 137 flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot reported minor injuries. The flight departed Wadena, Minnesota, at 2000 cdt.
According to the pilot's written statement on NTSB Form 6120.1/2, "...the aircraft stalled without warning..." during a turn back maneuver. The pilot continued, "I started a recovery but ran out of altitude... ." He said he had just flown over the field he intended to spray and was about two-thirds the way through the turn when the event took place. During an interview the pilot said he was totally caught off guard by the stall event. He said the control feel did not tell him of the impending stall.
An FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector (PMI) represented the NTSB on-scene. According to the PMI, the pilot told him he had not added enough power to the airplane's engine until it was mushing and shaking during the turn around maneuver. He said the pilot indicated the airplane was behind the power curve during the turning maneuver.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48611
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 91B
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Peterson Aerial Spraying
- Registered owner
- Kyle J. Scott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 64Y · MN
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,280 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,197 as pilot in command · 310 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PKD, 30 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.