Grumman G-164B N993QC

Summary

On 8 April 2010 at about 22:30 local time, a Grumman G-164B registered N993QC, operated by Williams Fertilizer Services LLC, was involved in an accident near Forest City, Missouri, 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 April 2010 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Forest City, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Private (PVT)

Coordinates

39.9664, -95.0667

Aircraft

Grumman G-164B

Registration

N993QC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Williams Fertilizer Services LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Falls City → Forest City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10CA201

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing, which resulted in an encounter with wet/muddy terrain and a subsequent nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that during landing, after returning from a maintenance facility, he encountered a quartering tailwind that "made the airplane drift left of the center." He corrected with right rudder, then applied left rudder which produced a right skid. Subsequently, the main landing gear encountered a "muddy area of the [grass] strip." The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted, resulting in substanial damage to the airplane. The pilot reported no anomalies with the airplane during the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.