- Date
- August 24, 1990, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dundee, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9650Grumman 164-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900824040289A
- Case key
- 32696
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Probable cause
Improper maintenance repair by an unknown person that initiated the engine failure and the 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
The pilot stated that while executing an 'ag turn ' the engine failed and he attempted to land in a bean field. During the landing one wing struck the ground and the airplane ground looped. Examination of the engine revealed that a fuel line fitting to the carburetor had failed due to an improper weld.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9650
- Reported as
- Grumman 164-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1381
- Airframe hours
- 1,804
- Engine
- P&W 1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Lees Air Serivce, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 1990 · 297 hours before
- Departed
- M97 · Tunica, MS
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 45,000 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 38 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.
Other investigations on N9650 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.