# Accident 20140618009879A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B, Lake City, AR, June 18, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2014, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lake City, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TM6G
- Location: 35.9100° N, 90.4881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9100&lon=-90.4881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N993QC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N993QC-2015-12-30) (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 R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN ACFT ENG COR-SCHWEIZER G-164B
- Reported engine: GARRETT TPE331-1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 550 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140618009879A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 18, 2104, AT 1330 CST, A GRUMMAN G-164B, N993QC, REGISTERED TO MCCORMICK?S CROP CARE BY AIR INC., COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AT THE COMPANY AIRSTRIP NEAR LAKE CITY, AR.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAKE CITY, AR, ON JUNE 18, 2014, AT 1330 CST.

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT PRODUCING FULL POWER AND CONTINUED TO LOOSE POWER IN FLIGHT, RESULTING IN A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT DID NOT CONSIDER A REJECTED TAKEOFF.

THE ENGINE TEARDOWN INSPECTION IS STILL PENDING AND IS BEING COORDINATED BY THE NTSB IIC.  THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AS REQUIRED, BASED ON ENGINE TEARDOWN INSPECTION FINDINGS.

## 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 CEN14LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA301), Jun 18, 2014: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (N993QC), Lake City, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.

## Other reports on N993QC (1)

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

- [Accident 20100408031529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100408031529A), Apr 8, 2010: Grumman Acf G-164B (N993QC), Forrest City, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot was re-positioning aircraft from maintenance facility in falls city, NE. He landed to the south on a private, sod strip. Approximately 20 yards after…

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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