- Date
- March 16, 1992, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Roanoke, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8363KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920316006439A
- Case key
- 18460
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Probable cause
The locking of the main landing gear brakes.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a daylight landing on a grass strip, the pilot made contact with the main landing gear, but not with the tail landing gear. He utilized one third of the runway during the landing roll until the airplane suddenly nosed over to the inverted position. An examination of the strip revealed main landing gear skid marks for approximately 305 feet. Following the accident, the main landing gear wheels would not turn, even though the brakes were not applied.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8363K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 663B
- Airframe hours
- 3,580
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Lewis Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Lewis Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 13, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Roy Manuel, runway 36, 2,000 × 65 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,087 total · 569 in this make and model · 1,815 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LFT, 37 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 N8363K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.