- Date
- June 15, 1992, 12:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Mcdougal, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8285KGrumman G-164-B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920615020269A
- Case key
- 23407
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to properly plan his take off. A factor was his lack of familiarity with the chemical dispensing equipment.
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 agriculture operations the pilot attempted take off from a dirt strip with insufficient runway to complete lift off. The pilot reported he was unable to dump his load due to the fact he not familiar with this system and that he never achieved sufficient speed to lift off. The airplane left wing and main landing gear struck a rice field levee resulting in the airplane going out of control and being destroyed on ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8285K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 646B
- Airframe hours
- 5,087
- Engine
- P&W PT6-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Mtm Aircrft
- Registered owner
- Mtm Aircrft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1992 · 301 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 21,000 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 20,500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N8285K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.