- Date
- May 6, 1985, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Basile, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8614HGrumman G-164A-450
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850506022649A
- Case key
- 21760
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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 plt detected a fuel leak after takeoff and returned to land. He shut the acft eng down and exited the acft, but the acft busrt into flames before the prop stopped turing. Subsequent investigation discovered a material failure in a fuel line on the eng which resulted in a fuel leak. The fuel line was reportedly replaced during an annual inspection aprx 2 months prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8614H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A-450
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1435
- Airframe hours
- 5,046
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Basile Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1985
- Airport
- Basile Flying Serv
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,560 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 7,560 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LCH, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.