Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B N6651K

Summary

On 8 July 2013 at about 21:00 local time, a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B registered N6651K was involved in an accident near Beaufort, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 July 2013 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Beaufort, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Private Airstrip (NA)

Coordinates

34.7167, -76.6500

Aircraft

Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B

Registration

N6651K

Category

Airplane

Year built

1978

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Beaufort → Beaufort

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA13LA318

Nobody was injured.

A failure of the right brake for reasons that could not be determined because a postaccident examination of the brake could not be performed.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing the airplane on a private airstrip to pick up a load of chemicals for another agricultural spraying flight. The pilot reported that the right brake felt "mushy" during the landing roll and that he pressed it to its maximum range (to the floor). The airplane began to veer to the left, and the pilot applied full power in an attempt to maintain control of the airplane; however, the left wingtip struck crops near the runway. Subsequently, the airplane turned to the left and came to rest in a ditch. The private airstrip was a 25-foot-wide by 2,000-foot-long paved runway with crops planted about 20 feet from the sides of the runway. The airplane was not made available for postaccident examination; however, the pilot noted that a new master cylinder and landing on a wider runway could have helped prevent this accident. A reason for the right brake failure could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.