- Date
- August 5, 1992, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Del Norte, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6646Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920805029119A
- Case key
- 18230
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Probable cause
Inadvertent stall while maneuvering during aerial application at an altitude insufficient for recovery.
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
While conducting a turn to reverse direction during aerial application, the pilot inadvertently stalled the aircraft. Altitude was insufficient to effect recovery.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6646
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 771
- Airframe hours
- 7,117
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- S L V Crop Care, Inc.
- Registered owner
- S L V Crop Care, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1992 · 225 hours before
- Departed
- MVI · Monte Vista, CO
- Destination
- MVI
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,413 total · 1,437 in this make and model · 4,412 as pilot in command · 225 in the last 90 days · 225 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 5° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.