- Date
- August 9, 1995, 05:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sacaton, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6657CPZL-Mielec PZL-M-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950809023819A
- Case key
- 29176
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to a decoupling of the accessory drive that runs the high pressure engine-driven fuel pump.
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 pilot experienced a power surge and subsequent loss of engine power during an aerial application flight. He made a forced landing into a dry river bed. Examination of the engine revealed a decoupling of the accessory drive that runs the high pressure engine-driven fuel pump.
Factual narrative
On August 9, 1995, at 0500 hours mountain standard time, the pilot of a Mielec WSK-PZL-M-18 aircraft, N6657C, experienced a power surge and subsequent loss of engine power during a 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight near Sacaton, Arizona. The pilot made a forced landing in a riverbed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time. The aircraft departed from a local agricultural strip at 0415 hours.
The inspection of the engine by the FAA revealed a decoupling of the accessory drive that runs the high pressure engine-driven fuel pump. The engine had a total time of 6,307 hours and 164 hours since an overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6657C
- Reported as
- PZL-Mielec PZL-M-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1Z022-09
- Airframe hours
- 649
- Engine
- P&W PT6A, 1,170 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- John L. Goodwin, doing business as Custom Farm Service Of Arizona
- Registered owner
- Susan Goodwin Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1995 · 164 hours before
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
- 52
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 150 in this make and model · 17,900 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.