- Date
- July 4, 1989, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Willows, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3627GSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890704019739A
- Case key
- 26169
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Probable cause
Failure of the connecting rod on #1 cylinder of the aircraft powerplant.
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 engine connecting rod (p/n 10992) to the number one cylinder broke at the crankshaft resulting in a loss of engine power while 200 feet AGL. During the forced landing, the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3627G
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 729B
- Airframe hours
- 4,646
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Peter D. Mann & Jean K. Mann, doing business as N
- Registered owner
- Mann & Sons Ag-Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1989 · 476 hours before
- Departed
- WLW · Willows, CA
- Airport
- WLW · Willows Airport
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 9,099 total · 9,099 as pilot in command · 450 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °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 N3627G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.