# NTSB SEA06CA123: Schweizer G-164B, N3632T, Murtaugh, ID, June 17, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 17, 2006, 11:20 local (17:20 UTC) - Place: Murtaugh, ID - Coordinates: 42.493057, -114.230003 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4931&lon=-114.2300&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 3, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 64010 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA123 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64010/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA123 ## Probable cause The pilot's excessive brake application during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose over, landing - roll - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he touched down in the agricultural airplane approximately one quarter of the way down the airstrip. He stated that "everything was normal and in a matter of a split second, the aircraft was upside down." He further stated that he felt "applying too much braking and the fact that [the airplane] has a high center of gravity may have contributed to the accident." ## Factual narrative On June 17, 2006, about 1120 mountain daylight time, a Schweizer G-164B agricultural airplane, N3632T, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during the landing roll at a private airstrip near Murtaugh, Idaho. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by Ken Spray LLC of Twin Falls, Idaho. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local agricultural application flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 137. The pilot reported that he touched down approximately one quarter of the way down the airstrip. He stated that "everything was normal and in a matter of a split second, the aircraft was upside down." He further stated that he felt "applying too much braking and the fact that [the airplane] has a high center of gravity may have contributed to the accident." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3632T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3632T), registered now, S/N 772B, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Schweizer G-164B - Registry model: [Schweizer G-164B](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-g-164b) (registry code 8059055) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney TW-S1-S3-S4](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-tw-s1-s3-s4) (registry code 52019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 772B - Engines: Honeywell TPE-331 turbo prop - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Aerial application, Part 137 - Registered owner: Ken Spray LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special) - Departed: Murtaugh, ID - Airport: NONE, Private, runway 27 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2; flight hours: 6,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days, 34 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20060617011899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060617011899A), Jun 17, 2006: Scwzer G164B, Murtaugh, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) On landing rollout, pilot stated aircraft nosed over to the upside down position. ## Other investigations on N3632T (3) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB SEA01LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA156), Aug 22, 2001: Schweizer G-164B (N3632T), Twin Falls, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: Nose over during the landing roll for undetermined reasons. - [NTSB SEA96LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA068), Mar 13, 1996: Schweizer G-164B (N3632T), Point Of Rocks, WY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain aircraft control due to spatial disorientation. Factors relating to the accident were:… - [NTSB FTW86LRD23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LRD23), Aug 14, 1986: Grumman G-164B (N3632T), Lecompte, LA, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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