- Date
- July 8, 1982, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mccrory, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8691HGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820708026609A
- Case key
- 71622
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - cropFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The agriculture aircraft lost power during takeoff and an emergency forced landing was made in a soybean field. During the landing roll, the aircraft flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8691H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1470
- Airframe hours
- 2,025
- Engine
- P & W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Ernest Reynolds
- Registered owner
- Ernest Reynolds
- Departed
- Mccrory, AR
- Destination
- Mccrory, AR
N8691HRegistration cancelled Jul 22, 1983 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 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.