- Date
- July 27, 1988, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gould, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54JSGrumman G164-B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880727031879A
- Case key
- 34614
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Analysis
The pilot said that while returning from an aerial application operation, he lost directional control during the ldg. He veered off the concrete runway, into the soft, tall grass border, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54JS
- Reported as
- Grumman G164-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 141B
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Howard E. Raley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- Raley, runway 9, concrete
N54JSRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · Grumman American Avn. G-164BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. G-164B
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 250 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 80 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.