Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B N6780K

Summary

On 16 June 2010 at about 18:05 local time, a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B registered N6780K, operated by Kentucky Air Service Inc., was involved in an accident near Mayfield, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 June 2010 at 18:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Mayfield, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Mayfield Graves Country Airpor (M25)

Coordinates

36.7683, -88.5839

Aircraft

Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B

Registration

N6780K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kentucky Air Service Inc.

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mayfield → Mayfield

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10CA313

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in a nose-over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he was conducting a short-field landing as part of a Federal Aviation Administration Part 137 agricultural certification flight. He reported that as he approached runway 36, his airspeed and altitude were appropriate. Upon initial contact with the runway, the airplane bounced and the pilot corrected the airplane pitch to slightly nose-down and continued the landing sequence. After contacting the runway again, the airplane entered an excessive nose-down attitude, which the pilot tried to correct by pulling aft on the flight controls. The airplane continued to nose over and came to rest inverted, substantially damaging the empennage, forward fuselage, and wings. The pilot did not report any mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane. He noted that his total flight experience was approximately 374 hours; of which, about 25 hours were in the same make and model as the accident airplane. The winds reported at an airport 20 miles northwest of the accident location, about the time of the accident, were calm.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.