# NTSB FTW91DPG02: Grumman G-164A, N7493, Light, AR, February 23, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 23, 1991, 11:56 local (17:56 UTC)
- Place: Light, AR
- Location: 36.0701° N, 90.7479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Light, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0701&lon=-90.7479&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23192
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW91DPG02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23192/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91DPG02

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF THE DOWNWIND RUNWAY FOR LANDING. A FACTOR WAS THE TAILWIND.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7493-2017-08-23), registration cancelled 2017-08-23, S/N 972, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164A
- Registry model: [Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164a) (registry code 3952801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 972
- Airframe hours: 6696
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19910223003429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910223003429A), Feb 23, 1991: Scwzer G164A, Light, AR, Substantial damage. Overran runway into a ditch and over turned while landing downwind of Private strip.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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