- Date
- August 19, 1992, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Laveen, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5363Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920819032189A
- Case key
- 27738
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll.
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 after touchdown the tail wheel began to shimmy. The aircraft veered off the runway and the right main landing gear contacted a berm and the aircraft nosed over. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5363
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 644
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Agri-Group, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Agri-Group, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1992 · 153 hours before
- Departed
- AZ90
- Destination
- AZ90
- Airport
- AZ90 · Hudson Strip, runway 36, 2,200 × 65 ft, asphalt
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,955 total · 714 in this make and model · 120 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °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 N5363 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.