- Date
- June 6, 1989, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ville Platte, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6693QGrumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890606014499A
- Case key
- 22727
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Probable cause
Wear and/or failure of the carburetor/float. Factors related to the accident were: the terrain conditions.
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 was returning to the landing strip when the eng lost power & would not restart. During an emergency landing, the acft hit a ditch that was hidden by tall grass, then nosed over. An exam of the carburetor revealed three cracks in the float and wear of the shaft, bushings, mixture control flange & float needle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6693Q
- Reported as
- Grumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 212B
- Airframe hours
- 4,153
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Young Flyers
- Registered owner
- Patrick Aaron Young
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1988 · 308 hours before
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 12,950 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 16,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LFT, 40 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.
Other investigations on N6693Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.