- Date
- August 28, 1991, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Smyer, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N928XGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910828037229A
- Case key
- 18127
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Probable cause
Directional control not maintained. Factors were: crosswind, soft ground, and high vegetation.
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 the attempted takeoff with a crosswind the airplane drifted onto the soft runway shoulder. The airplane became airborne but struck high vegetation. The airplane touched down and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N928X
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 440
- Airframe hours
- 5,513
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ned Walker
- Registered owner
- Aaa Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 9, 1990 · 301 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Walker'S Strip, runway 27, 2,000 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 10,500 total · 2,700 in this make and model · 10,400 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N928X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.