- Date
- September 22, 1987, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Buttonwillow, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6607QGrumman G164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870922054349A
- Case key
- 25332
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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 an aerial application flight, after pulling out of a pass over a field the plt heard a loud bang followed by severe engine vibration. The acft lost power and the pilot made a forced landing in a plowed field. During the landing roll the acft nosed over. Examination revealed that the engine had multiple rod failures, numbers 1,2,3, and 5.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6607Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 134B
- Airframe hours
- 33,765
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Vittleston, Alan
- Registered owner
- Vince Crop Dusters Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 29, 1987 · 531 hours before
- Departed
- Buttonwillow, CA
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 19,444 total · 16,000 in this make and model · 19,438 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL
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 N6607Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.