- Date
- June 29, 1982, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greeley, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1648SAyres S-2C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820629027379A
- Case key
- 70896
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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
After takeoff the plt noticed the oil temp was increasing & the eng began losing power at about 100 ft AGL. He was unable to gain any additional altitude. He continued flying for another 15 minutes when the eng failed completely. The eng teardown & inspection revealed that the cam reduction gear bushings, nose case parts & eng showed signs of oil starvation. The master rod bearing had seized. The cam reduction gear had broken & the cam shaft damaged. The main cases, rods & pistons were damaged. The oil pump was found operational.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1648S
- Reported as
- Ayres S-2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6001204C
- Airframe hours
- 4,097
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Easton Aerial Sprayers
- Registered owner
- Associated Aerial Applicators,
- Departed
- 11V · Lasalle, CO
- Destination
- Ron Cook Farm, CO
- Airport
- I8V · Platte Valley
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
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,170 total · 2,170 in this make and model · 2,920 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Temperature
- 163 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 25 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.