# NTSB LAX84LA263: Grumman G-164B, N6651Q, Arbuckle, CA, April 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 19, 1984, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Arbuckle, CA
- Coordinates: 39.020839, -122.040405 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0208&lon=-122.0404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24237
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA263
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24237/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA263

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command
  - landing gear,normal brake system - movement restricted

## Analysis

THE LDG WAS MADE ON AN AG AIRSTRIP WITH A RIGHT QUARTERING TAILWIND. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE PLT 'FELT WHAT APPEARED TO BE EITHER A DRAGGING LEFT BRAKE AND/OR THE ROUGH SURFACE' OF THE LANDING STRIP. THE LANDING WAS ABORTED. ON THE NEXT LANDING, THE ACFT NOSED OVER WHEN THE WHEELS MADE GROUND CONTACT. AN EXAM REVEALED MARKINGS OF BRAKE LINING-TO-DISC CONTACT ALONG WITH SIGNS OF HEAT AND WEAR ON BOTH MAIN GEAR WHEELS. THE WHEELS DID TURN, BUT WITH SOME DIFFICULTY WHEN THEY WERE CHECKED. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM THE WNW AT 15 GUSTING 25 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6651Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 178E
- Airframe hours: 2977
- Engines: P&W R-1340-AN1 525 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Valley Air Service Ltd
- Registered owner: Hawke Dusters
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, March 6, 1984, 68 hours before
- Departed: ARBUCKLE, CA
- Airport: Riggs Strip, runway 14, 2,600 × 50 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 5,380 total, 990 in this make and model, 5,080 as pilot in command, 170 in the last 90 days, 65 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MYV, 29 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840419013979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840419013979A), Apr 19, 1984: Scwzer G164B, Arbuckle, CA, Substantial damage. Nosed over on touchdown while landing downwind on a ag strilp. Brakes were ok. May have had brakes on at toucdown.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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