- Date
- March 11, 1993, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Goodwin, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N634UGrumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930311004949A
- Case key
- 18710
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to compensate for the crosswind. A factor was the crosswind.
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
While attempting to land on a private airstrip with a crosswind exceeding 10 knots, the tail of the airplane came up and the airplane nosed over coming to rest in the inverted position. The pilot did not report any maintenance anomalies prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
On March 11, 1993, at approximately 1030 central standard time, a Grumman G164 airplane, N634U, was substantially damaged following a loss of control while landing at a private airstrip near Goodwin, Arkansas. The commercial pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local agricultural application flight.
The operator stated that the airplane completed a local fertilizer application flight, and was returning to land at his private airstrip. According to the pilot, the windsock at the airstrip indicated that the winds were variable from the north at an estimated speed of 15 knots. Since the strip is oriented east and west, he elected to land with a right crosswind on runway 27. The pilot further stated that a normal wheel landing was made using standard crosswind landing techniques. While rolling on the main landing wheels, the tail came up very rapidly and the airplane nosed over coming to rest in the inverted position. The pilot denied any brake or flight control anomalies prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N634U
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 370
- Airframe hours
- 9,874
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Racer'S Ag Service
- Registered owner
- Racer'S Ag Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 29, 1993 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Racer'S Airstrip, runway 27, 2,500 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,150 total · 772 in this make and model · 1,072 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 44 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 52 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 N634U · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.