- Date
- April 4, 1990, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Bonham, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N48372Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900404007559A
- Case key
- 22927
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Probable cause
A power loss for undetermined reasons. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for 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
At 75 to 80 feet AGL, shortly after takeoff, the pilot experienced a total loss of power for undetermined reasons. He was able to clear a tree line and a fence but impacted with rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48372
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12B
- Airframe hours
- 5,212
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Green, George, doing business as Green Sprayers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cherlyn Wegrzyn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 1989 · 310 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,028 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 5,028 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.