- Date
- July 13, 1995, 13:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Osceola, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9041QGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950713018429A
- Case key
- 19498
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to a failed supercharger/blower. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a 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
During the airplane climb through 100 feet above ground level, the pilot 'heard a loud noise' accompanied by a 'complete' loss of power. During the ensuing forced landing to a soft, muddy field, the airplane rolled inverted. Inspection of the engine revealed a failed supercharger/blower.
Factual narrative
On July 13, 1995, approximately 1305 central daylight time, a Grumman G-164A, N9041Q, was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a loss of power near Osceola Municipal Airport, Osceola, Arkansas. The commercial pilot was not injured. The agricultural airplane, owned by Agribatics Flying Service Inc., was operating under Title 14 CFR Part 137. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight.
The pilot reported that, as the airplane was climbing through 100 feet above ground level, he "heard a loud noise" accompanied by a "complete" loss of power. During the forced landing, the aircraft's main landing gear "stuck" in the "mud" and the airplane came to rest inverted. The tail section and top wing sections were structurally damaged. Post accident examination of the engine, by the owner/operator, revealed a failed supercharger/blower.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9041Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1697
- Airframe hours
- 3,900
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Agribatics Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 18, 1995 · 150 hours before
- Departed
- 7M4
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,396 total · 437 in this make and model · 1,368 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °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 N9041Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.