- Date
- May 23, 1992, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Walnut Ridge, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8380KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920523016729A
- Case key
- 18505
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance. A factor was the loss of power as result of the uncoupling of the engine and the propeller.
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
An agricultural airplane collided with a levee severing both main landing gears. As the pilot applied power to attempt to fly to an airport for an emergency landing, power was lost due to the uncoupling of the engine and propeller. During the ensuing forced landing, the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8380K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6768
- Engine
- Garrett TPE 331, 620 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Wilson Flying Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wilson Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- ARG
- Destination
- ARG
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
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 16,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 15,800 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARG, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.