- Date
- May 28, 1988, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bastrop, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6676KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880528016589A
- Case key
- 22489
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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 said he was spreading rice when he noticed the oil pressure was decreasing & the prop was beginning to feather. With no other place to go, he landed in a plowed field. Shortly after touchdown, the acft nosed over to an inverted position. An exam revealed that a loss of oil & oil pressure was due to a crack in the oil cooler.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6676K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17C
- Airframe hours
- 4,922
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-34AG, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- William C. Norsworthy, doing business as Bonne Idee Aero Services, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bonne Idee Aero Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1988 · 104 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Mer Rouge, LA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,117 total · 900 in this make and model · 3,117 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N6676K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.