# NTSB ATL88DKG13: Grumman G-164A, N8573H, Fadette, AL, August 9, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 9, 1988, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Fadette, AL
- Coordinates: 31.110342, -85.590637 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1103&lon=-85.5906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7543
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88DKG13
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7543/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88DKG13

## 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, maneuvering - aerial application
  - engine assembly,cylinder - separation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8573H-2018-02-07), registration cancelled 2018-02-07, S/N 1415, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164A
- Registry model: [Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164a) (registry code 3952801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1415
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880809032339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880809032339A), Aug 9, 1988: Scwzer G164A, Fadette, AL, Substantial damage. Engine lost power on a spray run. Crash landed in spray field. Found an engine cylinder had come loose.

## Other investigations on N8573H (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 MIA83LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA135), May 2, 1983: Grumman G-164A (N8573H), Clewiston, FL, 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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