19800425010389A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gulstm G-164 · Biggs, CA · April 25, 1980

Date
April 25, 1980 · 09:20 local
Place
Biggs, CA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N10289
Reported as
Gulstm G164
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,040 total350 in this make and model360 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit on takeoff. Landed in rice field. Nosed over. Found mag had slipped time, sheared drive gear.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. LANDED IN RICE FIELD. NOSED OVER. FOUND MAG HAD SLIPPED TIME, SHEARED DRIVE GEAR.