- Date
- September 20, 1982, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N143WGrumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820920047989A
- Case key
- 70912
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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
According to the caretaker of muhlenburg airport, N143W was having carburetor problems when it arrived to refuel prior to the accident flight. The caretaker stated that the pilot left the engine running while he refueled because the pilot said it wouldn't start. Approximately fifteen minutes after departure from the refueling stop the pilot stated the aircraft lost power and he was forced to make an emergency landing. During the landing, the aircraft ran up a slope in a strip mine, jumped a ditch, then nosed over and burned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N143W
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46
- Airframe hours
- 8,500
- Engine
- P & W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 133
- Operator
- Daniel Green
- Registered owner
- Daniel Green
- Departed
- Greenville, KY
- Destination
- C · Litchfield, KY
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,720 total · 705 in this make and model · 1,610 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 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.
Other investigations on N143W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.