- Date
- February 22, 1990, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Glynn, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N930XGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900222002799A
- Case key
- 22980
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Probable cause
Loss of directional control on the ground, due to intermittent locking of the right brake during the landing roll.
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 airplane was being positioned to a location for an ag operation. While landing on a road, the right tire started skidding and the airplane ran off the right side of the road. It crossed a small ditch, then a drainage canal, and stopped on the opposite bank of the canal. Inspection revealed that the right brake master cylinder actuator rod was scored and had wear marks, and the brake would intermittently stick, holding pressure on the right brake. The sticking was caused by the parking brake lever holding onto the wear grooves.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N930X
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 442
- Airframe hours
- 5,171
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ted Norris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 7, 1990 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Glynn, LA
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 450 in this make and model · 8,250 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BTR, 11 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 N930X · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.