- Date
- February 23, 1991, 11:56 local (17:56 UTC)
- Place
- Light, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7493Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910223003429A
- Case key
- 23192
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of the downwind runway for landing. A factor was the tailwind.
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 landed to the south with wind from 040 degrees at 10 gusting to 18 knots. According to the pilot's statement, he was unable to stop on the runway, and the airplane collided with a ditch, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7493
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 972
- Airframe hours
- 6,696
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Harvey E. Songer
- Registered owner
- Harvey E. Songer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1991 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 18, 2,600 × 20 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,545 total · 1,016 in this make and model · 1,467 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 10 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.