# NTSB FTW83LA298: Grumman G-164A, N4237, Grubbs, AR, June 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 27, 1983, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Grubbs, AR
- Coordinates: 35.650386, -91.070304 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6504&lon=-91.0703&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20949
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA298
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20949/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA298

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AGRICULTURAL ACFT NOSED OVER DURING LANDING. THE PLT SAID HE WAS ATTEMPING TO STEER THE ACFT AROUND STANDING PUDDLESOF WATER ON A WET PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHEN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER IN A DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4237](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4237-1991-03-27), registration cancelled 1991-03-27, S/N 967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164A
- Registry model: [Grumman G-164A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (registry code 3952704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 967
- Airframe hours: 6000
- Engines: P&W R-1340-AN1 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: O.K. Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 12, 1983
- Departed: GRUBBS, AR
- Airport: runway 36, 2,600 ×  ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 5,600 total, 600 in this make and model, 5,600 as pilot in command, 110 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830627027119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830627027119A), Jun 27, 1983: Scwzer G164A, Grubbs, AR, Substantial damage. Lost control while trying to avoid water puddles on a dirt strip during a downwind landing. Gross misjudgment.

## Other investigations on N4237 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC88LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA103), May 26, 1988: Grumman G-164A (N4237), Grubbs, AR, destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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