# Accident 20100130026489A: Grumman Acf G-164B, Pullman, WA, January 30, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2010, 10:30 local time
- Place: Pullman, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7406° N, 117.1033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7406&lon=-117.1033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6799K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6799K-2013-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (registry code 3952802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 (registry code 51612, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1340-an-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN ACF G-164B
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 52 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100130026489A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 23 PULLMAN AIRPORT, PULLMAN, WA ON A FERRY PERMIT  FOR A FLIGHT TO AMERICAN FALLS, ID.  AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT STARTED LOOSING POWER.  THE PILOT LANDED IN A CULTIVATED HILLY FARM FIELD IN A 3 POINT POSITION AND CAME TO REST 100 FEET FROM IMPACT UPSIDE DOWN.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANCIAL02/08/2010.  INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE PRIOR TO RUNNING AFTER THE ACCIDENT FOUND THE CARBURETOR INTAKE SCREEN ON CARBURETOR INLET PLUGGED WITH THE REMAINS OF A BIRD NEST.  THE NEST APPEARENTLY WAS ABOVE THE CABURTOR HEAT VALVE AND DID NOT SHOW DURING INSPECTION FOR FERRY.  WHEN CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED DURING LONG RUN UP AND SUBSEQUENT TAKE OFF IT TRAVELED TO THE CAFBURETOR BOX AND PLUGGED THE INTAKE RESULTING IN POWER LOSS.  NO FURTHER INSPECTION OR RUNNING OF THE ENGINE WAS PERFORMED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA122), Jan 30, 2010: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (N6799K), Pullman, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during takeoff due to a bird's nest being sucked into the induction air ducting.

## Other reports on N6799K (1)

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

- [Incident 20010607013219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010607013219I), Jun 7, 2001: Scwzer G164B (N6799K), Sweetwater, ID, Minor damage. (-23) While executing an agricultural spray run, pilot struck a power line drop with right wing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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