- Date
- July 19, 1988, 15:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Knobel, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6553Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880719027729A
- Case key
- 34607
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Probable cause
Proper touchdown point not attained, and aircraft control not maintained by the pilot in command.
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 pilot was on a flight to get checked out in the aircraft as part of a pre-employment requirement. Witnesses said the flight appeared normal until it was on a short final approach to land, then the aircraft touched down short of the private strip and nosed over. The aircraft was being operated under 14 CFR 91 and was not carrying chemicals.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6553
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 696
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen R. Fraine, doing business as Fraine Aviation
- Registered owner
- Dawley, James
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1988
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Private Airstrip
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 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.