- Date
- June 3, 1983, 08:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kaplan, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48503Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830603025419A
- Case key
- 20919
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Analysis
While departing from a private strip, the plt took off to the north in calm winds. When he returned to land, the wind had begun blowing from the southwest at 20 KTS; thus, he elected to land toward the south. A truck was parked at the apch end of the strip, requiring the plt to maneuver around it prior to touchdown. As he was banking the acft to the left to align it with the rwy, the left wing struck a clump of grass & ground looped to a stop, damaging both wings, the fuselage & eng mounts, the plt had a medical waiver for vision to fly after 1 eye had been surgically removed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48503
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 54B
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Wilfred Lebouef
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 23, 1983
- Airport
- runway 18, 2,200 × ft, dirt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 290 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.