# Incident 20190712011359I: Grumman G-164A, Wolverton, MN, July 12, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2019, 18:45 local time
- Place: Wolverton, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 5KFG
- Location: 46.5630° N, 96.7362° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wolverton, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5630&lon=-96.7362&mi=10
- Aircraft: N896X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N896X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164A (registry code 3952704, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164A
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,932 total, 125 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190712011359I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED HEARING A BANG AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOOSE POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT SUSTAIN FLIGHT DUE TO POWER LOSS AND THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A MUDDY FIELD WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT GEAR LEG TO TWIST AND PROPELLER GROUND STRIKE.  THE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A STRIPPED SHEAR COUPLER BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND LEFT MAGNETO.

## Other reports on N896X (1)

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

- [Accident 20110429012189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110429012189A), Apr 29, 2011: Grumman G-164A (N896X), Barre, NY, Minor damage. On Friday April 29, 2011 at about 1840 local time this 14 CFR 137 operator had completed spraying a field and was making his dry out run when the engine…

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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