- Date
- June 18, 1982, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Beedeville, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8187KGrumman G164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820618024189A
- Case key
- 69909
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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
The agricultural aircraft lost power during takeoff. The pilot jettisoned the load and made a forced landing in a rice field. During the landing, the aircraft nosed over in soft muddy terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8187K
- Reported as
- Grumman G164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 606B
- Airframe hours
- 1,174
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Bell Flying Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bell Flying Service Inc.
- Departed
- Beedeville, AR
- Destination
- Beedeville, AR
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 4,700 total · 4,700 in this make and model · 4,500 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °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 N8187K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.