- Date
- May 26, 1993, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Madera, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N48632Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930526015259A
- Case key
- 27971
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor related to this accident was the left quartering tailwind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was beginning an aerial application flight. During the takeoff roll the pilot failed to maintain directional control and the airplane turned left. The left wing struck a telephone pole adjacent to the left side of the privately owned dirt airstrip. A left quartering tailwind existed at the time. The airplane was destroyed by the impact and resulting post impact fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48632
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 96B
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Fred Donovan, doing business as Donovan Dusters
- Registered owner
- Ray Pool
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- Private, runway 36, 2,600 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 82 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 3 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.