- Date
- February 26, 1994, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Almyra, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N730YGrumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940226002989A
- Case key
- 19003
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Probable cause
The partial failure of the brake master cylinder assembly for undetermined reasons. A factor was the soft terrain adjacent to the runway.
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
The pilot stated he applied brakes after touchdown and the right one failed. The airplane veered left off the runway into a muddy field and nosed over. A subsequent inspection of the brake system by an A&P mechanic revealed that the right brake was locked up at the master cylinder and would not operate. No reason for the lock up was reported.
Factual narrative
On February 26, 1994, at approximately 0830 central standard time, a Grumman G-164, N730Y, was substantially damaged during landing at a private grass strip near Almyra, Arkansas. The airplane, owned and operated by the commercial pilot, was landing after a local aerial application flight. There was no flight plan filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot was not injured.
The pilot stated he applied brakes after touchdown and the right one failed. The airplane subsequently veered left off the runway into a muddy field and nosed over. A subsequent inspection of the brake system by an A&P mechanic revealed that the right brake was locked up at the master cylinder and would not operate. No reason for the lock up was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N730Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 291
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Padgett, Jeffery L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1994 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Private Grass Strip
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 1,060 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBF, 25 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 N730Y · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.