- Date
- July 22, 1987, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Romeo, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5398Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870722042609A
- Case key
- 17277
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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
The plt reports that the acft encountered a downdraft during the turn around following a swath run. The aircraft began to settle and collided with the ground, bounced, hit a second time and nosed over. The aircraft was loaded with 280 gals of amine and 70 gals of av gas at the time of the acdt and the den alt was estimated to be 9,600 ft. the acft was estimated to be near the gross take-off weight at the time of the crash.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5398
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1148
- Airframe hours
- 5,141
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Loren Buss, doing business as San Luis Valley Crop Care Corp
- Registered owner
- San Luis Valley Crop Care Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1987
- Departed
- O8V · Monte Vista, CO
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,718 total · 85 in this make and model · 101 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALS, 16 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.
Other investigations on N5398 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.