- Date
- July 19, 1991, 06:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place
- Brinkley, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8491KGrumman 164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910719028949A
- Case key
- 23204
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Probable cause
A blocked fuel screen which resulted in a fuel starvation induced loss of power. 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
While returning to the local airport to reload, this aerial application airplane sustained a loss of power. The pilot was unable to reach a suitable site and collided with a tree during landing. A black powder-like substance was found blocking the fuel screen. No source for the contamination was found. Fuel screen blockage resulted in the fuel starvation loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8491K
- Reported as
- Grumman 164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 711B
- Airframe hours
- 3,205
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-43A, 575 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Chism Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Chism Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · July 21, 1991 · 20 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 8,000 in this make and model · 9,000 as pilot in command · 500 in the last 90 days · 360 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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.