- Date
- August 16, 1991, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Allport, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8577HGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910816034599A
- Case key
- 23208
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Probable cause
A loss of power for undetermined reason. A factor was the terrain on which the pilot made 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
As the aerial application pilot approached the field for his first pass the airplane began to settle. Upon realizing he was going to settle below the tree line he added full power. There was no response from the engine, and the pilot landed in a bean field. No cause for the loss of power was found at engine examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8577H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1416
- Airframe hours
- 5,238
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Robinson Bros Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Robinson Bros Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1991 · 328 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,461 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 2,393 as pilot in command · 404 in the last 90 days · 208 in the last 30 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 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.