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FAA accident report · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B · Berlin, MD · September 8, 2019

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Date
September 8, 2019 · 14:30 local
Place
Berlin, MD
Airport
Bunting Field
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8386K
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA19LA267
Reported as
Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
N8386KRegistered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BS/N 678BAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B

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What happened

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

Pilot was flying an aerial application flight, spreading seeds. Engine lost power and the pilot made a forced landing in an unpicked corn field. The aircraft flipped upside down and caught on fire, destroying the aircraft. The pilot escaped the accident unharmed.

Weather:

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Oxb, 2019-08-04

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS FLYING AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT, SPREADING SEEDS. ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN AN UNPICKED CORN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AND CAUGHT ON FIRE, DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ESCAPED THE ACCIDENT UNHARMED.

WEATHER:

KSBY 041530Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM FEW033 31/22 A2992 RMK TO3100220 MADISHF

OXB, 2019-08-04

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ERA19LA267Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportBerlin, MDThe malfunction of the No. 9 pushrod, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.Sep 8, 2019 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N8386K · 2

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

Accident 20050803017169ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Rupert, ID(-23) Pilot landed on an airstrip created out of the barrow pit along a country road. Weeds had grown alongside the airstrip and the left wing caught in the high weeds. This dragged the aircraft off the airstrip, into a muddy beet field and the aircraft…Aug 3, 2005 · Substantial damageAccident 19910415014329AForced/Precautionary Landing · Clewiston, FLEngine quit on initial climbout. Nosed over on forced landing. Supercharger impeller had disintegrated.Apr 15, 1991 · Substantial damage