- Date
- June 28, 1983, 17:45 local (Jun 29, 1983, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Waitsburg, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9536Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830629028319A
- Case key
- 39723
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft groundlooped into soft dirt and nosed over after a brake malfunction. The pilot stated that upon landing the left brake locked. The pilot tried to maintain directional control with rudder and power. The acft veered right into soft dirt and came rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9536
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1191
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Cropland Air Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 18, 1983
- Departed
- Waitsburg, WA
- Destination
- Waitsburg, WA
- Airport
- Cropland Air Strip
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 180 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALW, 12 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 N9536 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.