- Date
- August 16, 1988, 07:10 local (12:10 UTC)
- Place
- Humphrey, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8405KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880816033529A
- Case key
- 34631
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While attempting to land on a narrow dirt road bordered by crops, the plt said he contacted the high vegetation on the right side. The acft began to veer to the right. The plt attempted to steer to the left and veered off the roadway into a ditch and nosed over. The plt felt that acft should not be operated off terrain that was not suited for aircraft operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8405K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 688B
- Airframe hours
- 2,352
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Farmers Aerial Seeders
- Registered owner
- Farmers Aerial Seeders, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1988 · 170 hours before
- Departed
- SGT · Stuttgart, AR
- Destination
- Humphrey, AR
- Airport
- NONE · Humphrey, runway 36, dirt
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,087 total · 3,170 in this make and model · 4,021 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 125 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBF, 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.
Other investigations on N8405K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.