- Date
- February 25, 1992, 08:54 local (16:54 UTC)
- Place
- Dixon, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3633CGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920225009119A
- Case key
- 27565
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature lift-off. Contributing to the accident was the inadvertent stall/mush and the soft dirt airstrip.
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 certificated commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was departing a dirt airstrip to begin an aerial application flight with a load of chemicals. The airstrip had not been utilized since recent rains. During the takeoff roll, the pilot lifted off prematurely and the airplane became airborne briefly, then settled back onto the soft surface of the airstrip. The airplane ran off the end of the airstrip and nosed over in a wheat field. The airplane was within weight and balance limits.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3633C
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 776B
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Sunrise Duster, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sunrise Duster, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 16, 1992 · 95 hours before
- Airport
- Collier Strip, runway 27, 2,550 × 15 ft, dirt
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 3,600 in this make and model · 20,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °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 N3633C · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.