# NTSB ATL82DA280: Grumman G-164, N143W, Greenville, KY, September 20, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 20, 1982, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Greenville, KY
- Coordinates: 37.19931, -87.16967 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1993&lon=-87.1697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70912
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA280
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70912/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA280

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - fuel system,carburetor - failure,partial (cause)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N143W-2007-09-10), registration cancelled 2007-09-10, S/N 46, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164
- Registry model: [Grumman G-164](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164) (registry code 3952702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 46
- Airframe hours: 8500
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820920047989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820920047989A), Sep 20, 1982: Scwzer G164, Greenville, KY, Destroyed. Engine quit en route to spray area. Crashed in strip mine. Carburetor trouble and rough idle prior to takeoff.

## Other investigations on N143W (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW66D0144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66D0144), Jun 29, 1965: Grumman G-164 (N143W), Santa Maria, TX, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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