- Date
- August 16, 1984, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marianna, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6730KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840816041509A
- Case key
- 33776
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - crop
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The landing gear contacted the bean crop which was being sprayed with sodium chlorate and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6730K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 441B
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Gibson Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 6M7 · Marianna, AR
N6730KRegistered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BEngine modelContinental R-975 series
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, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,257 total · 1,619 in this make and model · 2,257 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.