- Date
- July 31, 1991, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dewitt, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5076Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910731031159A
- Case key
- 23207
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper glidepath. A factor was the berm at the approach end of the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an approach to a sod strip, the pilot allowed the airplane to descend too low and struck a dirt berm 50 feet short of the runway. The airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5076
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1111
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Stanley L. Shepherd
- Registered owner
- Stanley L. Shepherd
- Airport
- NONE · Dixie Dryer Strip
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 16,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 15,500 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 25° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.
Other investigations on N5076 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.