- Date
- May 16, 1988, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Clanton, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N48438Grumman G164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880516022189A
- Case key
- 7537
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Powerplant - undeterminedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Terrain condition - none suitable
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48438
- Reported as
- Grumman G164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1643
- Airframe hours
- 5,373
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 137
- Operator
- Charles Roberts, doing business as Jewell Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Roberts Fly Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1988 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- GAD · Gadsden, AL
- Destination
- 1A9 · Prattville, AL
N48438Registration cancelled May 28, 1991 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 11,450 total · 6,500 in this make and model · 11,320 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.