- Date
- August 9, 1988, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fadette, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8573HGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880809032339A
- Case key
- 7543
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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
The pilot reported a partial power loss during an aerial application flight. The aircraft landed in the crops. The pilot stated that he found the number 3 cylinder partially separated from the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8573H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1415
- Airframe hours
- 3,400
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Nelson E. Tucker, doing business as Flying T, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Flying Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1987 · 375 hours before
- Departed
- AL62 · Hartford, AL
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days · 125 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 17 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.
Other investigations on N8573H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.