- Date
- July 1, 1982, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Doddsville, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7397Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820701026199A
- Case key
- 70487
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that at the end of a swath run, he noticed the smell of burned oil and saw smoke when the engine began a hard miss. He reported that these occurred when the number five cylinder failed. He made a forced landing in a flooded rice field where the gear failed and the plane flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7397
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 944
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- P & W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Meeks Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Meeks Flying Service
- Departed
- Doddsville, MS
- Destination
- Doddsville, MS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,565 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 6,500 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.