- Date
- October 30, 1982, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Pine Bluff, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8418KGulfstream G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821030056059A
- Case key
- 72230
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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
Pilot just loaded seeds and tookoff when he noticed smoke and the engine lost power. During a forced landing the aircraft nosed over. Cause of power loss undetermined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8418K
- Reported as
- Gulfstream G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 560
- Engine
- P & W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Sweden Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sweden Flying Service, Inc.
- Departed
- Pine Bluff, AR
- Destination
- Pine Bluff, 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 20,338 total · 20,338 in this make and model · 15,847 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N8418K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.