- Date
- May 12, 2024, 12:12 local (19:12 UTC)
- Place
- Maxwell, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6612QGrumman G164
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20240512005119A
- Case key
- 194263
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to ascertain a proper touchdown point and late decision to initiate a go-around, which resulted in a subsequent collision with vegetation.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he landed long on a dirt runway and realized he was running out of runway. He decided to abort the landing and applied full power as it was too late to stop the airplane. It did not accelerate as he expected due to the soft dirt. The pilot added that the airplane did not have enough airspeed to fly and while in ground effect, it struck a tree limb and cartwheeled. A post-impact fire ensued and the airplane was destroyed. The pilot stated that there were no pre impact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6612Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 163B
- Engine
- Pratt and Whitney R-1340-ANI, 600 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Alaska Air Service LLC
- Registered owner
- Alaska Air Service LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- Hamilton City, CA
- Destination
- Willows, CA
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
- 77
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2024
- Seat
- Single
- Flight hours
- 14,292 total · 24 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- KOVE, 27 nm away
- METAR
- KOVE 121853Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 28/12 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02830122 $
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 22, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.1 MB in all.
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 N6612Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.