- Date
- May 23, 1992, 20:00 local (May 24, 1992, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Live Oak, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8412KSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920523016329A
- Case key
- 27623
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and improper use of the brakes.
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
During the landing roll-out on a privately owned dirt airstrip, the pilot failed to maintain directional control and the airplane nosed over. The pilot initially reported that a gust of wind caused the airplane to nose over. The operator reported that the surface winds were calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8412K
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 632
- Engine
- P&W PT6-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Sutter Butte Dusters, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sutter Butte Dusters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- Etcheverry Farm Strip, runway 36, 2,000 × 60 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 20 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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.