- Date
- June 21, 1990, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tekoa, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29SKGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900621023889A
- Case key
- 41212
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain clearance between the airplane and tall grass adjacent to the gravel strip.
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
At the end of an aerial application flight, the airplane was approaching the private dirt strip with a crosswind. The pilot had the right wing low to compensate for the crosswind. When the airplane touched down, the low right wing spray boom caught in the tall grass next to the runway. The airplane spun around and collided with the terrain in a nose low attitude. The fuel tanks ruptured and the fuel ignited. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29SK
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1354
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Faunce, Daniel H.
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Faunce Ag Strip, runway 3, 1,800 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 11,526 total · 2,305 in this make and model · 11,431 as pilot in command · 176 in the last 90 days · 57 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °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 N29SK · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.