Woodland Coop Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Marysville, California 95953
Saturday, April 18, 1987 14:00 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

AT THE END OF AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLT, THE PLT WAS AWARE OF A CROSS WIND FROM THE RIGHT. THE PLT TOUCHED THE ACFT DOWN ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND HELD THAT ATTITUDE FOR APRX 300 FT DOWN THE RWY. WHEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED THE RWY IT FOLDED BACK AND SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE ACFT SKIDDED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY, HIT A DIRT BANK AND NOSED DOWN. THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AFTER THE ACFT HAD BEEN MOVED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. IN THE PROCESS EVIDENCE WAS DESTROYED TO DETERMINE IF A BOLT FOUND BY THE ACFT, IDENTIFIED AS A GEAR BOLT, WHICH WAS THE SAME SIZE AND TYPE AS THAT USED TO FASTEN THE LANDING GEAR ROOT TO THE LANDING GEAR BOX HAD FALLEN FROM THE ACFT. THE BOLT FOUND WAS A MS-20009-140.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/18/1987
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1400
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City MARYSVILLE
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 95953
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport WOODLAND COOP
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 75
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 50
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 27
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 270
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 12
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency FAA
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 539
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Apr 18 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1450
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 33692
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:15PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N8412K
NTSB Number LAX87DVG03
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 137: Agricultural
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name GRUMMAN
Aircraft Model G-164B
Aircraft Series Identifier G-164B
Aircraft Serial Number 690B
Certified Max Gross Weight 4500
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 1
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Nov 3 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 185
Airframe Hours 2893
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name BOWLES FLYING SERVICE
Aircraft Owner Street Address P. O. BOX 128
Aircraft Owner City LIVE OAK
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 95953
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name BOWLES FLYING SERVICE
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address P.O. BOX 128
Operator City LIVE OAK
Operator State CA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 95953
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Unknown
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Unknown
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Unknown
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Aerial Application
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1340
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 1500
Runway Width 35
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --