- Date
- August 19, 1988, 19:00 local (Aug 20, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Catahoula, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6685QSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880819038209A
- Case key
- 22503
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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 ag airplane was being utilized to scare birds away from the rice fields. It was 15 feet AGL when the engine backfired and quit. The airplane collided with the terrain and burned. The engine and engine accessories were so destroyed by fire that nothing could be determined as to why the engine backfired and quit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6685Q
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 202B
- Airframe hours
- 4,659
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ed & Alex Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1988 · 351 hours before
- Departed
- 2 RI · Jeanerette, 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 44,366 total · 23,877 in this make and model · 44,360 as pilot in command · 274 in the last 90 days · 68 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LFT, 2 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.