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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Scwzer G-164A · Kaplin, LA · March 17, 1996

Date: March 17, 1996 · 12:00 local
Place: Kaplin, LA
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: D6FG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7903
Reported as: Scwzer G164A
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 510 total200 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

N7903Registration cancelled May 13, 2013 · Grumman G-164AS/N 809 · Built 1971 Airframe modelGrumman G-164A Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: on March 17, 1996, an agricultural airplane operated by detraz flying service crashed into a crawfish pond near Kaplin, Louisiana. The airplane was a Grumman ag-cat, model G-164-A, N7903. The pilot reported that the engine quit on take off and that he attempted to land in the crawfish pond. The spreader bar caught and flipped the aircraft over onto it's top, also damaging the vertical tail assembly. The pilot received no injuries. A tear down and a malfunction or defect report will be submitted for the engine assembly.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 17, 1996, AN AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE OPERATED BY DETRAZ FLYING SERVICE CRASHED INTO A CRAWFISH POND NEAR KAPLIN, LOUISIANA. THE AIRPLANE WAS A GRUMMAN AG-CAT, MODEL G-164-A, N7903. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE QUIT ON TAKE OFF AND THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN THE CRAWFISH POND. THE SPREADER BAR CAUGHT AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER ONTO IT'S TOP, ALSO DAMAGING THE VERTICAL TAIL ASSEMBLY. THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. A TEAR DOWN AND A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY.

Other reports on N7903 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19890811054049AFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Sunray, TXRPM rise and loss of thrust on a turn around. Elected to land and nosed over. Oil level not known. No defects foundAug 11, 1989 · Substantial damage