- Date
- May 12, 1992, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fisher, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9640Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920512014819A
- Case key
- 18492
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Probable cause
The loss of complete engine for undetermined reasons. A factor was the low altitude and unsuitable terrain.
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 agriculture operations the pilot lost engine power at low altitude due to undetermined reasons. The pilot executed a forced landing to what appeared to be a suitable area, however, the main landing gear struck a dike in the rice field and the airplane nosed over to the inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9640
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1204
- Airframe hours
- 5,146
- Engine
- P&W 1340 AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Mcdaniel, Charles H., doing business as Mcdaniel Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Mcdaniel, Charles H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 30, 1992 · 25 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,042 total · 2,226 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.