- Date
- March 27, 2001, 16:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Dyer, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6552KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Memphis FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010327008829A
- Case key
- 51973
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Probable cause
The improper installation of the main landing gear tire (pinched tube) by company maintenance personnel resulting in a total loss of air pressure in-flight, loss of directional control on landing roll, and subsequent nose down.
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 experienced a loss of directional control on landing roll and subsequent nose down of the airplane. After exiting the airplane the pilot observed that the right front tire was flat. Further examination of the tire revealed the inner tube was pinched by company maintenance personnel during installation.
Factual narrative
On March 27, 2001, at about 1650 central standard time, a Grumman G-164B, N6552K, registered to Londe Air Service Inc; operating as a 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight experienced a loss of directional control on landing to a road site in the vicinity of Dyer, Tennessee, and crashed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the commercial pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Esquire Green Road Dyer, Tennessee, about 10 minutes before the accident.
The pilot stated upon landing to a road, he experienced a loss of directional control. The airplane hit a ditch and nosed down. Examination of the airplane by the pilot after exiting the airplane revealed the right front tire was flat. The tire was removed from the airplane and examined. The examination revealed that the tire had been pinched when installed improperly by company maintenance personnel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6552K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 365B
- Airframe hours
- 6,233
- Engine
- P&W R-1340S3H1G, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Londe Air Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 2000 · 200 hours before
- Departed
- Dyer, TN
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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- February 15, 2001
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 37,600 total · 10,000 in this make and model · 37,500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.31 inHg
- Observed at
- DYR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.