- Date
- May 31, 1988, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hickory Ridge, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9653Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880531017359A
- Case key
- 34581
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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
While executing a standard procedure aerial application turn around maneuver, the acft began to settle. The plt dumped his remaining chemical load, but acft continued to settle, and mushed into the trees. Post accident fire destroyed the acft, but the plt escaped with no injuries. The plt said that there were numerous dust devils in the area and he classified the turbulence as severe.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9653
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1195
- Airframe hours
- 4,600
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Hamilin Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Hamilin Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 31, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- AR50 · Wynne, AR
- Airport
- AR50 · Hess Pvt, runway 36, 2,500 × 100 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 1,978 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 86 in the last 90 days · 86 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.