- Date
- September 4, 1990, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dumas, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48602Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900904038239A
- Case key
- 22947
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Probable cause
The inadvertent stall encountered during the turn to reverse direction.
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
During the turn around maneuver between swath runs, the airplane began to settle and the pilot sensed that he was getting behind the power curve. He attempted to dump his load but was unable to do so due to tension on the dump handle. The airplane then contacted tops of trees, stalled, and descended out of control to impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48602
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 94B
- Airframe hours
- 5,314
- Engine
- P&W R985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ms&T Flying Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ms & T Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 26, 1990 · 492 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,640 total · 3,109 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.