- Date
- June 10, 1987, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ruleville, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N585YGrumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870610020039A
- Case key
- 31925
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While maneuvering the acft for a swath run after takeoff the plt stated that it was slow to climb. He then lowered the nose to increase airspeed, & realizing that the acft would not clear trees located ahead of the flt, elected to land in a field. Upon touchdown on the main gear, the acft nosed over & came to rest inverted. He also stated that there was no eng failure or malfunction, & that the accident could have been prevented by dumping the load of chemical.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N585Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 253
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Reeds Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Jim Reed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 26, 1987 · 70 hours before
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,322 total · 70 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 25 nm away
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 N585Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.