- Date
- June 11, 1982, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Egan, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6787QGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70556
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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
As the plt was adjusting the powerplant & prop controls the eng accelerated, & at the same time oil covered the windshield. The acft went down into a bean field & flipped over. Disassembly of the eng revealed the rear counterweight trailing pin worn & gaulded. The sleeves in both the rear crankshaft & counterweight were worn & gaulded. The rear counterweight leading pin also showed signs of wear & gaulding spots. All prop bolts failed in the area of the head.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6787Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1720
- Airframe hours
- 2,380
- Engine
- Pezatel P2L-3S, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Mowata Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mowata Flying Service, Inc.
- Departed
- Egan, LA
- Destination
- Egan, 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,121 total · 300 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Other investigations on N6787Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.