# NTSB DEN82DA116: Grumman G-164, N730V, Lamar, CO, June 26, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 25, 1982, 18:30 local (Jun 26, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Lamar, CO
- Coordinates: 38.079479, -102.609878 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0795&lon=-102.6099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 25, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71344
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71344/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA116

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PILOT LANDED IN 90 DEGREE CROSSWIND OF 31-40 KTS AND GROUNDLOOPED INTO SOFT TERRAIN WHERE HE NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N730V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 291
- Airframe hours: 2348
- Engines: P & W R-985 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 137
- Operator: Reisig Bros. Aerial Spraying,
- Registered owner: Reisig Bros. Aerial Spraying,
- Departed: LAMAR, CO
- Destination: LAMAR, CO
- Airport: runway 18, 3,900 × 0 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 429 total, 92 in this make and model, 353 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 31 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 176 °F

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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