- Date
- July 1, 1994, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marked Tree, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6568Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940701017189A
- Case key
- 19101
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Probable cause
The power loss for undetermined reasons. Factors were the pilot's inadvertent entry into a stall and the lack of suitable terrain onto which to execute the 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
The pilot stated that as he was making his turn at the end of his second aerial application pass, the engine lost power without warning, while the airplane was at about 200 feet AGL. He subsequently attempted a forced landing between two Tree lines; however, the airplane stalled prior to touchdown and one wing dug into the ground and the airplane cart wheeled. The reason for the power loss was not determined.
Factual narrative
On July 1, 1994, approximately 1200 central daylight time, a Grumman G-164A, N6568, was substantially damaged when it impacted the ground near Marked Tree, Arkansas. The airplane, flown by a commercial pilot, was on an local aerial application flight. There was no flight plan filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot was not injured.
According to the pilot, he had departed a private strip about 5 miles from the field he was spraying 10 minutes before the accident. He stated that, as he was making his turn after the second pass at 200 feet AGL, the engine lost power without warning. He was not sure if it was a complete power loss or if the engine was still developing idle power.
The pilot subsequently attempted to land between two tree lines; however, he said that the airplane stalled prior to touchdown and one wing dug into the ground and the airplane cart wheeled. The reason for the engine failure was not determined during the field examination and it was not subsequently reported by the operator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6568
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 707
- Airframe hours
- 5,500
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Osceola Aerial Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1993 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 65 in this make and model · 540 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °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 N6568 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.