- Date
- August 11, 1989, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sunray, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7903Schweizer G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890811054049A
- Case key
- 22711
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Probable cause
A total power loss for undetermined reasons. A factor was the rough uneven terrain in which the pilot had to make the forced landing.
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
While turning back to a field for a swath run, the pilot experienced an increase in engine RPM and a loss of power. During a forced landing in the field being sprayed, the airplane nosed over. No mechanical malfunction was identified as a cause for the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7903
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 809
- Airframe hours
- 6,993
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ed Barbour
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 13, 1989 · 122 hours before
- Departed
- Q43 · Sunray, TX
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,397 total · 179 in this make and model · 2,927 as pilot in command · 179 in the last 90 days · 57 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.