- Date
- April 11, 1993, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Forrest City, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7661Grumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 18725
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare. Factors were the wind conditions and pilot's failure to maintain 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
According to the pilot, he landed hard and bounced, resulting in a loss of control. He further reported a gust of wind caused the aircraft to veer and run off the runway where the aircraft nosed over.
Factual narrative
On April 11, 1993, at 1300 central daylight time (CDT) a Grumman G-164, N7661, was substantially damaged during Landing near Forrest City, Arkansas. The private pilot was not injured. Weather for the local area flight was visual meteorological conditions. The airplane was owned and operated by Riddle Flying Service of West Helena, Arkansas.
During an interview conducted by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector the pilot reported the following information. He was landing on the private grass strip "following a pleasure flight" when he landed hard and bounced the airplane. He further reported that a sudden crosswind caused him to veer off the runway and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7661
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 930
- Airframe hours
- 7,276
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Riddle Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Cox, Larry W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 21, 1993 · 642 hours before
- Departed
- FCY
- Destination
- FCY
- Airport
- FCY · Forrest City, runway 22, 3,520 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 141 total · 93 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 55 nm away