- Date
- April 18, 1989, 19:30 local (Apr 19, 1989, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kindred, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N527YGrumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890418010489A
- Case key
- 17700
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to compensate for the wind conditions during the takeoff. Contributing to the accident were the crosswind conditions.
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 said he lost control on the takeoff roll and the acft groundlooped. He said the rt wing lifted and he applied rt aileron but nothing happened. He applied rt rudder and the lt boom struck the ground. The acft veered lt and departed the rwy, striking the ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N527Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 164
- Airframe hours
- 4,982
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James F. Plath
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 1989 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 1ND3
- Destination
- 90Y · Leonard, ND
- Airport
- IND3 · Hamry Field, runway 33, 2,700 × 50 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,302 total · 576 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 40° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAR, 18 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 N527Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.