- Date
- April 1, 1988, 10:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Wayside, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7961Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880401031549A
- Case key
- 32157
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on an aerial application flt on short final, the plt pulled the throttle lever to reduce airspeed but it broke at the power control quadrant. The apch was continued & after acft traveled aprx 1/2 the length of the rwy, he turned the magneto switch off. The acft touched down near obstructions & occupied vehicles at the departure end of the rwy, the plt intentionally pushed the control stick fwd which caused the acft to nose over & come to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7961
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 840
- Airframe hours
- 5,454
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-ANI, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Burns, Larry C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- Burns Aviation Airstrip, runway 36, 1,600 × ft, concrete
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,062 total · 800 in this make and model · 5,774 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLH, 7 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 N7961 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.