- Date
- August 14, 1978
- Place
- Charleston, MS · CHARLESTON, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8369Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780814021759A
- Case key
- 140586
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2054 78/8/14 CHARLESTON,MS GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 2920 TIME - 1135 N8369 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 820 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWNS AIRFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OIL FOUND IN INDUCTION SYSTEM. METAL CHIPS SIMILAR TO IMPELLER BEARING MATERIAL FOUND IN OIL SUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8369
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Browns Airfield
N8369Registration cancelled Nov 23, 1988 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
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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 N8369 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN87FA091Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportLamar, COThe aircraft had completed a formation aerial application operation and were in the process of single airplane spraying around the perimeters of a field. They collided at 10 feet above the ground on perpendicular flight paths, descended out of control and…NTSB FTW80FRD25Accident · No injuriesClosedLake Arthur, LA