- Date
- May 16, 1979
- Place
- Basile, LA · BASILE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8629HGrumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790516021319A
- Case key
- 135712
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1418 79/5/16 BASILE,LA GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 15200 TIME - 1300 N8629H PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERMAN YOUNG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BASILE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- NO.2 CYL HEAD FAILED BETWEEN SPARK PLUG HOLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8629H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Herman Young
N8629HRegistered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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 N8629H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW98LA249Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportIowa, LApartial loss of engine power during takeoff for undetermined reason(s). The obstructions (trees & dirt bank) were related factors.NTSB FTW92LA137Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKinder, LAThe failure of the left brake which led to a loss of directional control. A factor was the rough terrain immediately adjacent to the runway.