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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A · Wisner, LA · April 2, 2011

Date
April 2, 2011 · 13:27 local
Place
Wisner, LA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
3HFG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8374
Reported as
Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Aircraft experienced loss of engine power on takeoff and was forced to make an emergency landing in a cornfield at the end of the runway. Pilot stated that heavy smoke was coming out of the engine exhaust as it lost power. Aircraft engine continued to idle after touchdown. A significant amount of oil was present along the fuselage of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER ON TAKEOFF AND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED THAT HEAVY SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE EXHAUST AS IT LOST POWER. AIRCRAFT ENGINE CONTINUED TO IDLE AFTER TOUCHDOWN. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL WAS PRESENT ALONG THE FUSELAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT.