- Date
- August 31, 1978
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA · LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N462RFGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780831027519A
- Case key
- 139734
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2859 78/8/31 LAKE CHARLES,LA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N462RF PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 31, 1400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 40 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CHARLES,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (EMERGENCY SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK REMARKS- L WHEEL FOUND LOCKED.BRAKE CAN BE INADVERTENTLY LOCKED DURING FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N462RF
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N462RF · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.