- Date
- April 29, 1987, 13:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Tulare, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8366Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870429054409A
- Case key
- 25327
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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
During a climbing 180 degree turn to the left, the engine lost power. The pilot attempted to land in a nearby field that had just been plowed. With insufficient altitude to turn FAR enough to line the aircraft up with the rows, the pilot touched down at a '20 degree angle' with the rows. The main gear stuck into the ground and the plane flipped over on its back. The source of the engine failure was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8366
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 861
- Airframe hours
- 6,080
- Engine
- P&W R1340 AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Moore Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1987 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- TLR · Tulare, CA
- Airport
- TLR · Meffordfield Tulare Arpt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 27,184 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 26,956 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °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 N8366 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.