- Date
- May 24, 1995, 19:00 local (May 25, 1995, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Robbins, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6774KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950524013009A
- Case key
- 29103
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Probable cause
a loss of engine power due to a separation of the number 6 cylinder, and the nose over during the subsequent forced landing.
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, the pilot experienced a loss of engine power and made a forced landing into a plowed field where it nosed over. Examination of the engine revealed that the no. 6 cylinder separated in the area of the cooling fins.
Factual narrative
On May 24, 1995, at 1900 hours Pacific daylight time, the pilot of a Grumman G-164B, N6774K, experienced a loss of engine power during takeoff near Robbins, California. The aircraft crashed into a plowed field and nosed over. The aircraft received substantial damage and the pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time for the local 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight.
The pilot reported that the No. 6 cylinder had separated in the area of the cooling fins. The engine was overhauled on July 22, 1992, and had accumulated about 1,092 hours since overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6774K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 463B
- Airframe hours
- 8,876
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-ANI, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Wagner Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1995 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- Kuster, 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 11,993 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 11,993 as pilot in command · 224 in the last 90 days · 93 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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 N6774K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.