- Date
- July 16, 1990, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Rondo, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7802Grumman G164-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900716026399A
- Case key
- 22936
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Probable cause
The power loss for undetermined reasons.
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 aerial application airplane departed with a five knot tailwind en route to a rice field. The airplane 'seemed a little weak' and the pilot stayed in ground effect for about one mile. In a gradual right turn at about 30 feet AGL 'the engine popped, picked back up, backfired, and died.' The pilot attempted to dump his load, impacted on a gravel road, hit a ditch, and slid into a cotton field. FAA inspectors examined the engine but found no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7802
- Reported as
- Grumman G164-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 991
- Airframe hours
- 5,500
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Wooten, Henry H. III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 6, 1990 · 291 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Wooten
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 900 in this make and model · 1,900 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °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 N7802 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.