- Date
- May 31, 1982, 20:30 local (Jun 1, 1982, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Murdo, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10247Grumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820531020989A
- Case key
- 71799
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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.
Analysis
During a spraying operation the landing gear collided with a dirt bank. The pilot returned to the airport and during landing the right wing contacted the runway because of a missing right landing gear. The aircraft ground looped and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10247
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47
- Airframe hours
- 3,700
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- C. L. Jung
- Registered owner
- C. L. Jung
- Departed
- SD32 · Murdo, SD
- Destination
- SD32 · Murdo, SD
- Airport
- SD32 · Murdo, runway 32, 3,400 × 0 ft, asphalt
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total · 960 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
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 N10247 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.