20120707014199A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Grumman G-164A · Egeland, ND · July 7, 2012

Date
July 7, 2012 · 14:00 local
Place
Egeland, ND
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6583
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN12LA458
Reported as
Grumman G-164A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
355 total68 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

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.

PIC had just completed spray pass and was turning to set up for next pass and aircraft lost power. PIC says no mechanical indication/noise, just no power and aircraft kept losing altitude and contact wheat crop, dragging into the field/ground.

As the FAA filed it

PIC HAD JUST COMPLETED SPRAY PASS AND WAS TURNING TO SET UP FOR NEXT PASS AND AIRCRAFT LOST POWER. PIC SAYS NO MECHANICAL INDICATION/NOISE, JUST NO POWER AND AIRCRAFT KEPT LOSING ALTITUDE AND CONTACT WHEAT CROP, DRAGGING INTO THE FIELD/GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.