- Date
- May 26, 1989, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hermiston, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8768HSchweizer G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890526013879A
- Case key
- 41021
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Probable cause
Failure and separation of the left main landing wheel.
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
On landing roll after aerial application, the left main lndg wheel separated and was seen rolling away from the aircraft. When the gear stub contacted the ground, the acft swerved and nosed over. The wheel was not found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8768H
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1521
- Airframe hours
- 3,686
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Kenneth E. Meyer, doing business as West Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Kenneth E Meyer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 20, 1989 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- Ag Strip
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 125 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
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 N8768H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.