- Date
- March 1, 1989, 08:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Harrisburg, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3627DGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890301002859A
- Case key
- 34758
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Probable cause
The failure of the hydraulic line which rendered the brake system inoperative.
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 said that he was returning to a private ldg strip after completing an aerial application operation. During the landing roll, the left brake line failed causing the acft to veer off the runway and overturn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3627D
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 728-B
- Airframe hours
- 2,023
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- B&Bagri Flight, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 26, 1988 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- Harrisburg, AR
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 18,124 total · 8,604 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 20 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.