- Date
- September 9, 1988, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Smithville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8132KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 7548
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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
Soon after takeoff from a private sod airstrip for aerial application maneuvering, the engine lost power. The plt was forced to land in soft muddy terrain where the acft nosed over. Post acc invest revealed that the float assy in the carburetor jammed which led to the loss of engine power..
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8132K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 578B
- Airframe hours
- 3,056
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- W. Childers, doing business as Childers Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Childers Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 29, 1988 · 540 hours before
- Departed
- Smithville, GA
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,194 total · 675 in this make and model · 3,112 as pilot in command · 450 in the last 90 days · 225 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
Other investigations on N8132K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.