- Date
- May 16, 1998, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dumas, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6656KGrumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980516009739A
- Case key
- 20604
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper activation of the parking brake.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft nosed over after the brakes locked during the landing roll. During the investigation, the FAA inspector and the operator of the aircraft found the parking brake in the 'ON' position. After the operator released the parking brake, the FAA inspector observed the wheels rotate freely.
Factual narrative
On May 16, 1998, at 1130 central daylight time, a Grumman-Schweizer G-164B agricultural airplane, N6656K, owned and operated by King Flying Service, Inc. of Dumas, Arkansas, nosed over to the inverted position while landing near Dumas, Arkansas. The commercial pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local aerial application flight and a flight plan was not filed. The Title 14 CFR Part 137 flight departed the operator's private airstrip at 1100.
During a personal interview conducted by the FAA inspector, the pilot reported that the brakes locked during the landing roll. The operator and the FAA inspector examined the airplane and found structural damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and wings. The FAA inspector found that, "during the initial inspection of the aircraft the main landing wheels were found to be locked and could not be rotated." Upon examining the cockpit, the operator found the parking brake in the "ON" position. The operator then released the parking brake and had the FAA inspector check the main wheel rotation. Upon checking the brakes, the FAA inspector found the wheels to "rotate freely with no resistance."
The pilot had accumulated approximately 2,061 hours in the accident make and model of aircraft and 12,394 total flight hours. Winds at the time of the accident were reported by the pilot to be light and variable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6656K
- Reported as
- Grumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 410B
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Kenny King
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · King
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12,394 total · 2,061 in this make and model · 12,293 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 51 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLH, 65 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.