- Date
- July 7, 1987, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lacassine, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9778Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870707032649A
- Case key
- 22202
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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 pilot stated the aircraft's tail wheel broke during the takeoff roll causing the aircraft to veer to the right. The right wing contacted a small tree and the right main gear wheel dropped into a ditch which was parallel with the runway. Directional control was lost and the aircraft nosed over into an inverted attitude and stopped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9778
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1274
- Airframe hours
- 2,360
- Engine
- P&W R1340 AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- H & M Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1987 · 60 hours before
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
- 17,289 total · 4,500 in this make and model · 15,000 as pilot in command · 360 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.