- Date
- March 17, 1979
- Place
- Rosharon, TX · ROSHARON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6714KGrumman G-164B
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790317006129A
- Case key
- 137453
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0509 79/3/17 ROSHARON,TX GRUMMAN G-164B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1290 TIME - 0900 N6714K PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1025 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSHARON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6714K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6714KRegistered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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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 N6714K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW90DRD04Accident · No injuriesFinal reportFenton, LAFailure of the elevator control rod end bearing.NTSB FTW83LA402Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNorth Lacassine, LAThe plt reported that during the landing, the left wing struck tall grass at the side of the strip & the acft swerved to the left. He tried to correct the situation by applying right braking action, but his braking was ineffective on wet grass. Subsequently,…