- Date
- August 20, 1983, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lissie, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N48516Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830820046629A
- Case key
- 21023
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ran into a ditch during takeoff and collapsed the landing gear. The plt said he was steering around some mud holes when the wing became entangled in high grass alongside the rwy. The acft groundlooped off the rwy into a ditch. The wings and landing gear were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48516
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55B
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Lissie Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- Duster Strip, runway 15, 5,000 × 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 275 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.