- Date
- July 24, 1986, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lewisville, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6997KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860724036529A
- Case key
- 34223
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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.
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Terrain condition - softFactor
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
In-flight planning/decision - inadequateCause
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
The PIC made a landing to a rain soaked sod rwy when the acft's right main gear fell into a large mud hole during the landing roll and the acft flipped inverted. The subsequent flipping action substantially damaged the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6997K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 534B
- Engine
- P&W R1340 SERIES, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Hornbeck Fly Service,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- Lewisville, AR
- Airport
- Private
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TXK, 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.