- Date
- September 7, 2000, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Erick, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8255KGrumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000907009399A
- Case key
- 50208
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Probable cause
the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons while maneuvering. 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
According to the pilot, the agricultural airplane was in a turn for the second pass over a field when the engine started to 'flutter and lose power.' The pilot applied full power on the engine controls; however, the engine tachometer indicated approximately 1,500-1,600 RPM. The pilot dumped the load and set up for a forced landing in the field. Upon touchdown, the airplane approached a slope in the field and nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The reason for the loss of engine power was undetermined.
Factual narrative
On September 7, 2000, at 0815 central daylight time, a Grumman-Schweizer G-164B agricultural airplane, N8255K, was substantially damaged when it nosed over during a forced landing following a loss of engine power near Erick, Oklahoma. The airplane was registered to and operated by James Aerial Spraying of Sayre, Oklahoma. The commercial pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not 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 the Sayre Municipal Airport at 0800.
During a telephone interview conducted by the NTSB investigator-in-charge, the pilot stated that he was in a turn for the second pass over a field when the engine started to "flutter and lose power." The pilot added that he applied full power on the engine controls; however, the engine tachometer indicated approximately 1,500-1,600 RPM. The pilot dumped the load and set up for a forced landing in the field. Upon touchdown, the airplane approached a slope in the field, nosed over, and came to rest inverted. The empennage was structurally damaged.
The reason for the loss of engine power was undetermined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8255K
- Reported as
- Grumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 637B
- Airframe hours
- 7,627
- Engine
- P&W R-1340 AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- James Aerial Spraying
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · September 1, 2000 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- OK23 · Sayre, OK
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,786 total · 206 in this make and model · 4,736 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 48 °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 N8255K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.