- Date
- June 11, 1986, 19:35 local (Jun 12, 1986, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Wessington, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N751YGrumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860611025269A
- Case key
- 16982
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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
According to the plt, during maneuvering on a swath run, the acft he was piloting encountered a downdraft, forcing the acft down until contact with the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N751Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 328
- Airframe hours
- 3,133
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Jmc Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1986 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- Wessington, SD
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,846 total · 692 in this make and model · 3,835 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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 N751Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.