- Date
- June 22, 1991, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mc Crory, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8089KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910622053499A
- Case key
- 23202
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. 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
During a 14 crf 137 flight, the non-qualified private pilot was making a spraying pass when the engine lost total power for undetermined reasons. During the emergency descent, the airplane struck a tree, went out of control and struck a house before ground impact. After ground impact, the airplane was consumed by post-crash fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8089K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 557B
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 550 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- David W. Cain, doing business as Cain Flying Service
- Registered owner
- David W. Cain
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1991 · 95 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 690 total · 462 in this make and model · 655 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.