- Date
- February 12, 1993, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chowchilla, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N10212Grumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930212002419A
- Case key
- 27920
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Probable cause
That the pilot failed to maintain directional control. The pilot's failure to use the tailwheel lock and the soft and wet terrain were factors relating to this accident.
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 failed to engage the tailwheel lock and lost directional control while taking off from a 15-foot wide runway. The airplane nosed over when the it exited the runway environment and entered into the soft and wet terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10212
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Patterson Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Chuck Jones Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- Chapman Airfield, runway 7, 2,000 × 15 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 14,315 total · 6,200 in this make and model · 14,100 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.