- Date
- July 12, 1982, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Beedeville, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6678KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820712028779A
- Case key
- 69910
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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 proceeded to the job site with a load of urea. He circled for about 15 minutes waiting for the flagmen to arrive, then elected to return to the airport. As he leveled the plane, he experienced a gradual loss of power and was unable to maintain altitude. While making a forced landing, he truned to avoid a tree. During the turn, the aircraft stalled and impacted the ground. The operator believed that the engine lost power after having a blower failure. However, this was not verified by an engine teardown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6678K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414B
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- P & W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Breckenridge Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Virgil H. Breckenridge
- 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,329 total · 1,260 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.