- Date
- March 31, 1986, 11:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Crowley, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4561Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860331008429A
- Case key
- 21955
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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 crashed into wires and a house during an attempted forced landing. The plt was preparing to do rice seeding when the eng began to backfire & lose power. The plt was trying to return to the ag strip when the eng quit and he was forced to land. Eng inspection revealed that the #2 cyl was cracked and had lost compression.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4561
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1056
- Airframe hours
- 5,347
- Engine
- P&W R-1340AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Duane'S Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Firs, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 9, 1986 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- Crowley, 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,244 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 2,153 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.