- Date
- September 16, 1982, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Society Hill, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N48636Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820916046959A
- Case key
- 72637
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Aircraft weight and balance - inaccurateFactor
Load jettison - performedFactor
Nose over
Terrain condition - cropFactor
Analysis
Aircraft lost power during takeoff and nosed over during emergency landing in a cotton field. Takeoff weight was over certificated gross limit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48636
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 97B
- Airframe hours
- 1,551
- Engine
- P & W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- James H. Morris
- Registered owner
- James H. Morris
- Departed
- Society Hill, AL
- Destination
- Society Hill, AL
- Airport
- Ag Strip, runway 36, 2,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf
N48636Registration cancelled Mar 29, 2002 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,599 total · 800 in this make and model · 175 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.