- Date
- June 27, 1986, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hooker, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N788YGrumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860627028399A
- Case key
- 22109
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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.
Nose over
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
The pilot stated that the aircraft flipped over when he landed in soft dirt on his recently extended private landing strip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N788Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 180
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ronald W. Gray
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- Private
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBL, 20 nm away
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 N788Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.