- Date
- May 4, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6746KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820504013899A
- Case key
- 71092
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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
After takeoff the engine lost power and the aircraft was landed in a plowed field. During the landing roll the aircraft nosed over. An engine teardown revealed water and contamination of the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6746K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 447B
- Airframe hours
- 1,314
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-34AG, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Air Rice Inc.
- Registered owner
- Air Rice Inc.
- Departed
- Houston, TX
- Destination
- Houston, TX
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 12,100 total · 12,000 in this make and model · 12,100 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Temperature
- 176 °F
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 N6746K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.