- Date
- May 11, 1983, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bastrop, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6743QGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830511018649A
- Case key
- 20892
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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
After arriving, the plt made a pass over the turf strip to inspect it before landing. He elected to land; however, during the landing roll-out, he saw a ditch running laterally across the strip, but by then, he was unable to avoid it. Subequently, the acft hit the washed out area & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6743Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1715
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Jasper W. Grant
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 1, 1983
- Departed
- 2F8 · Bastrop, LA
- Airport
- Mollice Farm, runway 9, 2,500 × 50 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,194 total · 150 in this make and model · 2,148 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N6743Q · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.