- Date
- June 3, 1984, 09:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ellinwood, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6618QSchweizer G164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840603024299A
- Case key
- 33695
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While the plt was spraying a field of soybeans, the right main gear of the acft hit an irrigation sys that he had been crossing. The right main gear was torn off, but the acft continued to fly. During the landing on a sod arpt, the prop dug in & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6618Q
- Reported as
- Schweizer G164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6147B
- Airframe hours
- 1,875
- Engine
- P&W R-985 AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ellinwood Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 1, 1984 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- 1K6 · Ellinwood, KS
- Airport
- runway 17, 2,700 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,155 total · 800 in this make and model · 4,895 as pilot in command · 332 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RSL, 30 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.