- Date
- March 30, 1994, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Levan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6754QGrumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940330007249A
- Case key
- 41903
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Probable cause
The left main landing gear wheel bearing broke resulting in the wheel jamming and the airplane nosing over.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During landing the left wheel outer bearing broke and separated from the wheel axle. This allowed the brake caliper assembly to jam and restrict rotation of the wheel. The pilot was unable to maintain control of the aircraft and it nosed over.
Factual narrative
On March 30, 1994, approximately 0900 hours mountain standard time (MST), a Grumman-Schweizer G-164B "AgCat", N6754Q, registered to ATR, being operated by Spanish Fork Flying Service, and being flown by Rex Woodhouse, a certificated commercial pilot, nosed over while landing on a road approximately 10 miles south-southwest of Levan, Utah. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the pilot was uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions existed and no flight plan had been filed. The flight, which was engaged in aerial application, was to have been operated in accordance with 14CFR137.
The pilot reported that upon landing he heard a "snap" and the aircraft nosed over. Post crash examination by FAA inspector Jerry E. Roberts revealed that the left main wheel outer bearing (rollers and retainer cups) had broken apart (photograph 01). The outer bearing then separated from the wheel axle. The left brake caliper assembly subsequently released lodging against the left gear strut which restricted rotation of the wheel (photograph 02).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6754Q
- Reported as
- Grumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 265B
- Airframe hours
- 4,155
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Spanish Fork Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Atr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1993 · 35 hours before
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 14,900 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Observed at
- U24, 23 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 N6754Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.