- Date
- April 4, 1990, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mounds, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6556Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900404007569A
- Case key
- 34956
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for wind conditions. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's selection of the wrong runway and the resultant tailwind condition.
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 while landing downwind on a sod strip, he was unable to stop the aircraft and it flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6556
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 699
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Songer, Harvey E
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway 4, 2,700 × 50 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 509 total · 65 in this make and model · 440 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- JBR, 10 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 N6556 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.