- Date
- August 14, 1967
- Place
- Eudora, AR · EUDORA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N651YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3723 67/8/14 EUDORA,ARK GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1389 TIME - 1430 N651Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 21 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- EXHAUST VALVES OF CYLINDERS NUMBER 1,2 AND 3 WERE NOT PROPERLY CLOSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N651Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N651YRegistered now · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B
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