- Date
- July 4, 1983, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N48374Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830704028539A
- Case key
- 20964
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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 agricultural acft crashed 100 ft short of the rwy after the engine failed. The plt said the engine lost power and RPM so he decided to return to the airstrip after dumping his chemical load. The engine failed completely short of the rwy. The acft hit a fence and nosed over during the forced landing. Post accident examination revealed an oil seal had failed. Oil went through the blower into the the intake valves and failed the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48374
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1619
- Airframe hours
- 1,619
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Liberty Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 26, 1983 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- Daytona, TX
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 14,427 total · 7,221 in this make and model · 14,390 as pilot in command · 143 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.