- Date
- September 22, 1983, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Queen Creek, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8081KGulfstream-Schweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830922054059A
- Case key
- 23556
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,cylinder - separationCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The eng lost power & the acft nosed over in a soft plowed field. The #1 cylinder articulating rod had separated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8081K
- Reported as
- Gulfstream-Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 555B
- Airframe hours
- 1,740
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Larry Hanson, doing business as Aircoa
- Registered owner
- Larry R. Hanson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 27, 1983 · 117 hours before
- Departed
- AG · Queen Creek, AZ
N8081KRegistered now · Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164BAirframe modelGulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164B
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,207 total · 4,800 in this make and model · 6,207 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 125 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.