- Date
- January 8, 1979
- Place
- Hughes, AR · HUGHES, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6555KGrumman G-164C
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790108000529A
- Case key
- 137630
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0057 79/1/8 HUGHES,AR GRUMMAN G-164C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1445 N6555K PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 35, 2053 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 43 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYTI,MO CLEVELAND,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING TERRAIN - ICY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 15 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6555K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6555KRegistered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164CAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164CEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6555K · 1
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