- Date
- June 26, 1991, 12:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Immokalee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3629XGrumman G164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910626026059A
- Case key
- 32889
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Probable cause
Loss of enine power due to undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was unsuitable terrain encounteered during 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
While maneuvering the eng lost power. The plt landed the acft in a pond and it nosed over after touchdown. The acft was recovered and the eng and carburetor were overhauled which revealed no evidence of failure or malfunction. No determination could be made as to the reason for the loss of eng power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3629X
- Reported as
- Grumman G164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 753B
- Airframe hours
- 2,926
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Airwork Enterprises Of Florida
- Registered owner
- Airwork Enterprises Of Florida
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1991 · 20 hours before
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 32,000 total · 250 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
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 N3629X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.