- Date
- May 7, 1988, 06:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vona, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8518HGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880507013169A
- Case key
- 17328
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said the wind was calm when he got in the aircraft before takeoff. He said that when the aircraft reached about 50 feet AGL, after takeoff, he encountered a tailwind. The aircraft settled and collided with the ground. The ground was soft and the aircraft nosed over. The pilot said that upon exiting the aircraft, the wind was blowing about 15 KTS and there was a tailwind for the direction of takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8518H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1392
- Airframe hours
- 1,397
- Engine
- P&W R985-AN-1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Timothy Lee Scott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1988 · 39 hours before
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 18, 2,500 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,036 total · 317 in this make and model · 861 as pilot in command · 317 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.