- Date
- August 1, 1990, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Deming, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N668UGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900801029509A
- Case key
- 17792
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain control during landing roll due to the condition of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the poor maintenance of the runway surface.
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 landing roll at a private air strip used by the agricultural applicator the aircraft main landing gear hit a soft spot in the runway and the aircraft flipped over. There was no spillage of hazardous material.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N668U
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 408
- Airframe hours
- 5,255
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN-1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- By Ag Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1990 · 110 hours before
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,214 total · 2,764 in this make and model · 3,184 as pilot in command · 540 in the last 90 days · 180 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °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 N668U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.