- Date
- April 18, 1987, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marysville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8412KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870418010829A
- Case key
- 25340
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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
At the end of an aerial application flt, the plt was aware of a cross wind from the right. The plt touched the acft down on the right main landing gear and held that attitude for aprx 300 ft down the rwy. When the left main gear contacted the rwy it folded back and separated from the fuselage. The acft skidded to the left side of the rwy, hit a dirt bank and nosed down. The accident was reported after the acft had been moved by maintenance personnel. In the process evidence was destroyed to determine if a bolt found by the acft, identified as a gear bolt, which was the same size and type as that used to fasten the landing gear root to the landing gear box had fallen from the acft. The bolt found was a MS-20009-140.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8412K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 690B
- Airframe hours
- 2,893
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Bowles Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Bowles Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1986 · 185 hours before
- Airport
- Woodland Coop
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 9,750 total · 9,000 in this make and model · 9,500 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
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 N8412K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.