- Date
- March 17, 1991, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bonita, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9685Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910317007249A
- Case key
- 23222
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Probable cause
A power loss due to a cracked cylinder. A factor was the soft terrain in which the forced landing was performed.
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
En route to an aerial application field the pilot experienced a loss of power. A forced landing was performed into an open field, however, due to the soft terrain the airplane nosed over. The power loss was due to a cracked cylinder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9685
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1206
- Airframe hours
- 5,428
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Arkla Flyers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wilmont Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1990 · 142 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,163 total · 6,400 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °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 N9685 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.