- Date
- March 6, 1986, 16:15 local (Mar 7, 1986, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wasco, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N946XSchweizer G164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860306005829A
- Case key
- 24960
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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
The acft went off the left side of rwy during a downwind landing. The ag plts made a practice of landing downwind to speed up turn-around time. They relied on their brakes to maintain control. The acc acfts brake pads were worn and the rt brake was fluid covered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N946X
- Reported as
- Schweizer G164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 460
- Airframe hours
- 8,502
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Merle Hallmark, doing business as Hallmark & Sons Aviation
- Registered owner
- Inland Crop Dusters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 17, 1986 · 80 hours before
- Airport
- L19 · Wasco-Kern Co
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 16,040 total · 11,000 in this make and model · 16,040 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.