- Date
- April 28, 1993, 17:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Truman, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N31182Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930428011049A
- Case key
- 18284
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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Probable cause
A power loss for undetermined reasons. A factor was: the lack of suitable terrain for the forced 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 was flushing the hopper with water. He made a pass over a field with the spray boom off. As he pulled up to clear a wire, he switched the spray boom on. He initiated a descent into an adjoining field and as he started the roundout, the airplane continued descending. He added full power but the engine did not respond. The airplane touched down on the ground, then lifted off. The pilot had insufficient altitude to clear a knoll at the end of the field, so he pulled the nose up and the airplane collided with trees. Three ground witnesses reported hearing a bang, an explosion, or backfire. Then engine was later functionally tested and it operated satisfactorily.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31182
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1609
- Airframe hours
- 7,106
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Worthington Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Worthington Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 8, 1993 · 5 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 9,550 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.