- Date
- June 22, 1982, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jennings, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9684Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820622024229A
- Case key
- 71194
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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 pilot had just finished spraying and was on his way back to the airport when the engine failed. A field with grass was selected for an emergency landing. During the landing roll, the aircraft encountered ruts and nosed over. The operator reported that the #4 connecting rod came loose and the piston was forced too FAR into the cylinder, braking the head from the barrel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9684
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1210
- Airframe hours
- 5,124
- Engine
- P & W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Riceland Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Riceland Aviation Inc.
- Departed
- Jennings, LA
- Destination
- Jennings, LA
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 2,027 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- 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 N9684 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.