- Date
- July 20, 1982, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Humnoke, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6689KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820720032899A
- Case key
- 71113
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that during takeoff, the left main gear got off the side of the rough airstrip and into a rice field. Subsequently, the plane flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6689K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 420B
- Airframe hours
- 1,883
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Farmer & Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Farmer & Flying Service
- Departed
- Humnoke, AR
- Destination
- Humnoke, AR
- Airport
- Isbells Strip, runway 36, 2,250 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,081 total · 925 in this make and model · 1,923 as pilot in command · 325 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °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 N6689K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.