- Date
- June 22, 1985, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Deming, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5337Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850622069949A
- Case key
- 16712
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
The plt told FAA he was spraying a cotton field and was turning around from a swath run when the propeller feathered. The plt told NTSB that the acft 'pitched upward and lost power.' Acft type certificate shows that a hamilton standard propeller m/n 2D30/6101A-12-13-14 is installed. Propeller removed from acft was a hartzell m/n HCB3W30-2B, an unapproved installation. Prop disassembly revealed a spacer had been placed in ring assembly, making it impossible for prop to feather. Blade clamps inside prop hub wee broken. No. 1 blade was in feathered position, no. 2 blade was near feather, and no. 3 blade was past feather. There was no evidence of an oil loss or prop governor failure/malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5337
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 628
- Airframe hours
- 4,102
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Walter L. Bennett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 18, 1985 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- Deming, NM
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,474 total · 1,474 in this make and model · 1,390 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DMN, 8 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.