- Date
- August 14, 1992, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grandin, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48687Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920814031429A
- Case key
- 15260
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Probable cause
The cracked cylinder which resulted in a forced landing. The lack of suitable terrain on which to make an emergency landing was a factor.
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
Aerial applicator was conducting spray operation when engine began to run intermittently. Field was not suitable for landing so he elected to attempt landing on a road behind a grain truck which was travelling in the same direction that he was going to land. Just before touchdown, engine caught and gave him a short burst of power. Airplane accelerated momentarily and landed in the bed of the grain truck, then fell off, and came to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48687
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 157B
- Airframe hours
- 4,439
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Wischer Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1992 · 302 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,930 total · 1,683 in this make and model · 4,871 as pilot in command · 310 in the last 90 days · 140 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFK, 40 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 N48687 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.