- Date
- May 14, 1989, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Davis, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3629YGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890514011369A
- Case key
- 26168
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to properly use his brakes during the off airport landing.
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 pilot reported that upon landing at a field strip to load the airplane flipped over onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3629Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 754B
- Airframe hours
- 3,698
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Growers Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1989
- Departed
- Davis, CA
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,368 total · 654 in this make and model · 2,881 as pilot in command · 427 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °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 N3629Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.