- Date
- August 17, 1991, 07:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- Minto, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8351KGrumman G164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910817034589A
- Case key
- 14877
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Probable cause
Inadequate aircraft servicing, inadequate aircraft preflight, fuel contamination, and unsuitable soft terrain in which to effect an emergency landing.
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 had just completed a swath run during the aerial application flight when the engine quit at approximately 100 feet AGL. The pilot made a forced landing in soft, cultivated field. The aircraft nosed over after 220 feet of landing roll. The investigation revealed water contamination in the aircraft fuel system. The operator's underground fuel storage facility was inspected, and contained eight inches of water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8351K
- Reported as
- Grumman G164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 658B
- Airframe hours
- 3,542
- Engine
- P&W R985 14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Gaudry Ag Service, Inc., doing business as Minto Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Gaudry Ag Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 1991 · 269 hours before
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,541 total · 559 in this make and model · 5,449 as pilot in command · 251 in the last 90 days · 120 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.