- Date
- July 8, 2000, 07:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Moscow, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3629TSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000708008529A
- Case key
- 49650
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Probable cause
the failure of the power output reduction gear to the propeller. A contributing 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
During a swath run, while fertilizing trees, the pilot heard a 'loud scream' followed by a total loss of engine power. During the forced landing, while dumping the fertilizer, the airplane's left wing struck a tree. Subsequently, the airplane impacted the ground. A teardown examination of the turboprop engine revealed that the power output reduction gear to the propeller had failed.
Factual narrative
On July 8, 2000, approximately 0750 central daylight time, a Schweizer G-164B agricultural airplane, was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a loss of engine power near Moscow, Texas. The aircraft was registered to a private individual and operated by Payne's Flying Service, Inc., of Brandon, Mississippi. The commercial pilot, sole occupant, was seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight. The local flight originated from Lufkin, Texas, at an undetermined time.
The pilot was fertilizing trees for the International Paper Company. During a swath run, the pilot heard a "loud scream" followed by a total loss of engine power. During the forced landing, while dumping the fertilizer, the airplane's left wing struck a tree. Subsequently, the airplane impacted the ground.
Examination of the aircraft, by the FAA inspector who responded to the accident site, revealed that both wings and the fuselage were structurally damaged.
The turboprop engine was examined at Intercontinental Jet's facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the direction of the operator's insurance company. According to the insurance adjuster, the examination revealed that the power output reduction gear to the propeller had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3629T
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 751B
- Airframe hours
- 10,396
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-6-252M, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Paynes Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cecil H. Payne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 2000 · 114 hours before
- Departed
- LFK · Lufkin, TX
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 23,556 total · 3,556 in this make and model · 23,566 as pilot in command · 500 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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.
Other investigations on N3629T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.