- Date
- July 23, 1984, 17:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Neelyville, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5307Grumman-Schweizer G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33558
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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 plt stated that after takeoff & two miles from the destination airport, the plt started a 180 deg turn to the rt to return to the takeoff strip. Approx halfway through the turn at 45 deg of bank, the rt wing pitched downward & he was unable to correct by lowering the nose & applying left aileron & rudder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5307
- Reported as
- Grumman-Schweizer G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 591
- Airframe hours
- 5,459
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Reggie S. Hopwood
- Registered owner
- Semo Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 2, 1984 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- Neelyville, MO
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 958 total · 155 in this make and model · 770 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Observed at
- JBR
Other investigations on N5307 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.