- Date
- May 7, 1984, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fenton, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48377Grumman G164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 21327
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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
The acft, while maneuvering at low alt, hit the ground and flipped inverted. The plt reported encountering a strong downdraft over a wooded area and in maneuvering to avoid the trees, the acft settled to the ground. The plt reported winds from 225 degrees at 25 KTS gusting to 33 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48377
- Reported as
- Grumman G164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1541
- Airframe hours
- 3,012
- Engine
- P&W 1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Bell Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1984
- Departed
- Kinder, LA
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 8,000 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 25 knots, gusting 33
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
Other investigations on N48377 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.