- Date
- June 16, 1989, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kaplan, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N48592Schweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890616016069A
- Case key
- 22729
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power due to a cracked cylinder.
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
Just after takeoff, when the airplane was 100 to 150 feet in the air, the engine quit. The pilot started to dump the load but the airplane contacted a levee and overturned. The #5 cylinder was found cracked at the forward spark plug hole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48592
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 74B
- Airframe hours
- 3,729
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Harrington Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Harrington, Ronald J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1989 · 350 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,565 total · 4,150 in this make and model · 4,465 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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 N48592 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.