- Date
- August 3, 1988, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Chenoa, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8980HGrumman G164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880803031869A
- Case key
- 13908
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Unavailability of suitable terrain on which to accomplish a forced landing.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during cruise flight, the engine started losing power and it would not respond to throttle movement. A forced landing was made on soft terrain and the airplane nosed over during the landing roll. No mechanical failure/malfunction was found during the post accident exam which would have resulted in the power loss.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8980H
- Reported as
- Grumman G164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1603
- Airframe hours
- 4,398
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN, 650 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Harold E. Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 1988 · 225 hours before
- Departed
- PIX · Chenoa, IL
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,745 total · 225 in this make and model · 5,387 as pilot in command · 305 in the last 90 days · 225 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 85 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.