- Date
- July 16, 1984, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tracy, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5553NHoward DGA-15P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840716060039A
- Case key
- 24343
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Analysis
During the landing roll, the acft ran off the side of the rwy. The plt stated that he landed with a slight tailwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5553N
- Reported as
- Howard DGA-15P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 978
- Airframe hours
- 1,118
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Kendall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1983
- Departed
- LVK · Livermore, CA
- Airport
- 036 · Tracy, runway 29, 3,680 × 100 ft, asphalt
N5553NRegistered now · Howard DGA-15PAirframe modelHoward DGA-15PEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,037 total · 189 in this make and model · 946 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK, 16 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 N5553N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.