- Date
- March 2, 1989, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Griffithville, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6610QGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890302002919A
- Case key
- 34760
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to assure suitable terrain was being used for the landing.
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 plt said that while practicing to's and ldgs on a grass strip, he encountered a soft spot and was unable to keep the aircraft from nosing over. The newly certificated pilot was practicing for possible employment with an aerial application operation and was not involved in an aerial application operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6610Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4500
- Airframe hours
- 3,972
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howard Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- Griffithville, AR
- Airport
- runway 36, 2,800 × 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 26 in this make and model · 214 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 40 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.