- Date
- April 23, 1992, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Brinkley, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3626NSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920423014169A
- Case key
- 18482
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to achieve proper airstrip alignment for landing, and the resultant loss of directional control.
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 the downwind landing roll on the narrow agricultural airstrip, the spray boom on the lower left wing contacted standing wheat on the left side of the strip and the airplane ground looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3626N
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 719B
- Airframe hours
- 5,659
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Henry'S Aerial Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Henry'S Aerial Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1992 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- M36 · Brinkley, AR
- Airport
- NONE · Private
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12,950 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 112 in the last 90 days · 62 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 9 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 60 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.