- Date
- June 7, 1984, 05:40 local (12:40 UTC)
- Place
- Tracy, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6708KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840607023059A
- Case key
- 24301
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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
The acft lost power during takeoff & nosed over in a wheat field. An exam revealed that the #7 cylinder head was cracked from the rear spark plug hole, 3/4 of the circumference around the exhaust valve.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6708K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 374V
- Airframe hours
- 2,581
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Haley Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 17, 1984 · 70 hours before
- Airport
- Paradise Strip, runway 27, 1,800 × ft, asphalt
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
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,846 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK, 11 nm away
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.