- Date
- May 5, 1967
- Place
- Church Point, LA · CHURCH POINT, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N526YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117928
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0733 67/5/5 CHURCH POINT,LA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 585 TIME - 1700 N526Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHURCH POINT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FUEL QTY GUAGE INDICATED 11 GAL WITH EMPTY FUEL TANKS.LANDED ON PLOWED AREA BETWEEN RUNWAYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N526Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Church Point
N526YRegistration cancelled Apr 2, 2013 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelJacobs L6
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.
Other investigations on N526Y · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW95LA328Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSearcy, ARThe inadvertent stall as a result of the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the approach.NTSB FTW94LA216Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSearcy, ARThe total loss of engine power due to water contamination of the fuel system. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain available to the pilot for the forced landing and his inadequate preflight inspection.NTSB FTW74DPG60Accident · No injuriesClosedCarlisle, AR