- Date
- September 30, 1983, 08:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tracy, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6708KGrumman 164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830930055189A
- Case key
- 23867
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed during a forced landing shortly after takeoff when the engine lost power at about 10 ft AGL. Heavy rainhad fallen the night before and the acft are generally parked outside. After the engine lost power the plt landed off the end of the rwy and the acft nosed over. Post accident engine examination disclosed one spark plug to be water soakedexamination of the airframe disclosed the main fuel cap seal to be 'badly cracked'. No other discrepancies were noted. The plt did not state if he drained the fuel during his pre-flt inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6708K
- Reported as
- Grumman 164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 374B
- Airframe hours
- 2,291
- Engine
- P&W PW-1340, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Haley Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 6, 1983 · 40 hours before
- Airport
- runway 25, 1,800 × ft
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N6708K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.