- Date
- June 30, 1986, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rayville, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N964XGrumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860630031639A
- Case key
- 21956
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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 during takeoff after losing pwr during a turn at 150 ft AGL. The plt said that the acft stalled and hit in a cotton field about 1/4 mile from the arpt. The plt also said oil hit the windshield about 3 seconds before pwr failure. The acft was loaded with 1600 lbs of fertilizer. The plt said that earlier recognition of the potential loss of pwr could have possibly prevented this accident. The pwr loss cause is undetermined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N964X
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 509
- Airframe hours
- 5,975
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Adams Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 23, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- M79 · Rayville, runway 18, 2,900 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 642 total · 382 in this make and model · 576 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.