- Date
- July 28, 1991, 04:50 local (11:50 UTC)
- Place
- Genesee, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48599Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910728030349A
- Case key
- 41501
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain alignment with the strip. Contributing to the accident was the glare of a bright horizon at dawn.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot dragged the left wing in a wheat crop during landing flare at a private gravel strip on a heading of east toward a bright dawn horizon. The acft yawed 90 degrees left, impacted the ground and was destroyed by a post impact fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48599
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1680
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles J. Harlan
- Registered owner
- Charles J. Harlan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- S89 · Craigmont, ID
- Destination
- NONE · Genesee, ID
- Airport
- NONE · Genesee, runway 9, 2,500 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 11,500 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 120 in the last 30 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °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 N48599 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.