- Date
- November 1, 1979
- Place
- Springfield, GA · SPRINGFIELD, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8057KGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791101032899A
- Case key
- 132752
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3824 79/11/1 NR.SPRINGFIELD,GA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 2900 TIME - 1655 N8057K PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLEANUP SWATH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL INLET SCREEN TO FUEL CONTROLLER BLOCKED BY UNKN(FUZZY)MATERIAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8057K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8057KRegistered now · Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164DAirframe modelGulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164D
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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.