LAX90DVG06 · Schweizer G-164D
Schweizer G-164D · Accident: loss of control on ground/water during takeoff
Event
- NTSB case
- LAX90DVG06
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Unknown
- Event fatalities
- Unknown
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Schweizer G-164D
- Aircraft type
- Schweizer G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N6868Q
- Operator
- Unknown
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From not recordedTo not recorded
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Takeoff · roll/run
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Loss of control on ground/water
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Cause areas
- Pilot in command › Directional control, not maintained
- Pilot in command › Wrong runway, selected
Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.
NTSB narrative
THE PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF AND COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 16 WHICH IS 2200 FEET LONG AND 30 FEET WIDE. THE WINDS WERE 030 DEGREES AT SEVEN KNOTS. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 85 DEGREES WITH A DENSITY ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 2,000 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED WITH 4,000 POUNDS OF CHEMICAL. THE PILOT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WITH THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.
Probable cause
THE PILOTS LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF WITH A QUARTERING TAILWIND ON A NARROW 30 FOOT WIDE RUNWAY.
Verbatim NTSB analysis and probable cause from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record LAX90DVG06
- Event ID
- 20001212X23156
- Case number
- LAX90DVG06
- Dataset
- historical-pre2008
- Source SHA-256
- 89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (2)
- Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. Reported ground fatalities are unverified; onboard allocation and event totals are withheld. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
- The date is the UTC date the NTSB stores; the local date may be a day earlier.