- Date
- May 8, 1986, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Shelby, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3632CSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860508016729A
- Case key
- 31624
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
After departure while making a turn the pilot reported the engine lost power and the aircraft settled into the trees. There was no evidence of a preexisting mechanical failure/malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3632C
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 767B
- Airframe hours
- 314
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- John R. Hollingsworth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1986 · 37 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 15,000 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWD, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.