Private Strip Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Pantego, North Carolina 27860
Friday, August 29, 2008 16:30 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot stated that while en route to perform an aerial application, he aborted the flight due to weather, and returned to the private airfield from which he departed. On landing, the airplane touched down fast, encountered a bump during the landing roll out, and veered to the left. The pilot applied the brakes, and then "lost directional control" of the airplane. The airplane went off the left side of the runway colliding with a "field ditch," which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on the landing roll out.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/29/2008
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1630
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City Pantego
Event State NORTH CAROLINA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 27860
Event Date Year 2008
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 344000N
Event Location Longitude 0842100W
Event Location Airport Private Strip
Event Location Nearest Airport ID NONE
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 12
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1654 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 50
Weather Observation Facility ID ECG
Elevation of weather observation facility 12
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 75
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 2900
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 27
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 22
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 130
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 12
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 22
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.87
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 24325
NTSB Notification Source Easdtern ROC
NTSB Notification Date Sep 4 2008 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Sep 26 2008 6:40PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\lema
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Greensboro FAA/FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N8137K
NTSB Number MIA08CA184
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 137: Agricultural
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Gulfstream-Schweizer
Aircraft Model G-164B
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 580B
Certified Max Gross Weight 4800
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
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 May 1 2008 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 116
Airframe Hours 9145
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Gulfstream Aviation Inc
Aircraft Owner Street Address 5450 Old 97 Road
Aircraft Owner City Pantego
Aircraft Owner State NC
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 27860
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Dreamstreet Aviation Inc
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 5450 Old 97 Road
Operator City Pantego
Operator State NC
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 27860
Operator Code XDAG
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Aerial Application
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code NONE
Departure City Pantego
Departure State NC
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1615
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code NONE
Destination City Pantego
Destination State NC
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - roll
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Sep 14 2008 2:25PM
User who most recently changed record MUZD
Since inspection or accident Last Inspection
Event Location Runway Number and Location 180
Runway Length 5000
Runway Width 90
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --