- Date
- August 22, 2001, 09:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Twin Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3632TSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010822023899A
- Case key
- 53084
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Probable cause
Nose over during the landing roll for undetermined reasons.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing roll, at approximately 35 to 40 mph, the aircraft developed a substantial shake. The tail then lifted and the aircraft nosed over and came to rest inverted. After the aircraft was righted and during the tow to the hangar, the brakes were tested and found to function with no evidence of a mechanical failure or malfunction. The pilot later reported that he did not apply the brakes nor did the tires slide.
Factual narrative
On August 22, 2001, about 0950 mountain daylight time, a Schweizer Aircraft G-164B, N3632T, registered to and operated by Ken Spray LLC, as a 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight, nosed over during the landing roll at Joslin Field - Magic Valley Regional airport, Twin Falls, Idaho. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured.
The pilot reported that during the landing roll on runway 7, at approximately 35 to 40 mph, the aircraft developed a "substantial shake..." The tail then lifted and the aircraft nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot later reported that he did not apply the brakes nor did the tires slide.
The aircraft was righted, and towed to the hanger. During the tow, the brakes were tested. No evidence of a mechanical failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3632T
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 772B
- Airframe hours
- 5,400
- Engine
- P&W 1340-AN-2, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ken Spray LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 5, 2001 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
- Airport
- TWF · Joslin Field, runway 7, 8,703 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- May 29, 2001
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 13,626 total · 10,857 in this make and model · 13,091 as pilot in command · 377 in the last 90 days · 135 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TWF
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 N3632T · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.