- Date
- February 11, 1983, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Avenal, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N728YGrumman G164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23613
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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 a landing after a spraying operation, the right brake failed and the aircraft collided with a berm before nosing over. The pilot said the right brake failed to keep aircraft on the runway when the rudder became ineffective. The 'o' ring part number an 6227-11 was worn causing hydraulic fluid to bypass the brake system and return to the reservoir.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N728Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 289
- Airframe hours
- 7,634
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Pixley Dusters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1982 · 60 hours before
- Airport
- runway 36, 2,600 × ft, dirt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,600 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 5,590 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
Other investigations on N728Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.