- Date
- June 21, 1987, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cottonwood, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7687Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870621021839A
- Case key
- 7462
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that everything was normal for the acft during the preflt and runup. He had just about completed his first swath run when he reptd that the engine shook a little and started backfiring. He pulled up and started across a swamp toward a paved road that he planned to use for an emer strip. The engine contd to lose pwr and the acft collided with a power line and trees just short of the road. The eng was heavily damaged during the impact sequence. There was no fire. The plt was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7687
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1000
- Airframe hours
- 5,277
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ashford Air Service
- Registered owner
- Savelle, Paul
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1986 · 340 hours before
- Departed
- Ahsford, AL
- Airport
- Lucky Field
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 3,101 total · 2,900 in this make and model · 2,991 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.