- Date
- September 23, 1982, 05:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Magma, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6602Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820923049789A
- Case key
- 71543
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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
Shortly after takeoff the eng became rough & losing power. The plt observed long streaks of red flame pouring from the exhaust. The pesticide was jettisoned & an attempt was made to return to the strip. The eng continued to lose power & quit completely just short of the strip at 75 ft AGL. The acft struck a cement irrigation ditch on touchdown. There wereno eng malfunctions found during an eng test run after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6602
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 740
- Airframe hours
- 4,707
- Engine
- P & W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- K&K Aerial Applicators, Inc.
- Registered owner
- K&K Aerial Applicators, Inc.
- Departed
- Magma, AZ
- Destination
- Magma, AZ
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, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 16,500 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 16,172 as pilot in command · 400 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 225° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.