- Date
- August 4, 1992, 06:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place
- Paul, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4653Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920804029019A
- Case key
- 42871
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain. The soft terrain was a factor.
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
The pilot of the Grumman G-164A encountered some soft terrain while landing on a dirt road to load chemicals for aerial application. The soft dirt pulled the aircraft to one side of the runway, and the pilot attempted to correct with the use of opposite rudder and opposite brake application. When the aircraft tail began to come up, the pilot released the brake application, but the aircraft nosed over on the soft landing surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4653
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1075
- Airframe hours
- 5,541
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Farm Flite Inc.
- Registered owner
- Farm Flite Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 9, 1991 · 288 hours before
- Departed
- BYI · Burley, ID
- Airport
- None
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °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.