- Date
- March 26, 1986, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Red Rock, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N991XSchweizer G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860326008279A
- Case key
- 21938
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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 acft nosed over during a forced lndg after a power loss. The plt was enroute to a spraying operation and attempted a landing in a pasture after the power loss. An on scene investigation revealed no discrepancies in the engine or fuel system. A successful test run was later performed at swearingen acft in bristow,OK on 7/22/86. The plt was never located after the accident and no plt acc report (NTSB form 6120.1) was ever filed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N991X
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 516
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- F. J. Dufek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 6, 1985 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- F22 · Perry, OK
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL
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 N991X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.