- Date
- June 26, 1991, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Falcon, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8942HGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910626024119A
- Case key
- 32890
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Probable cause
In flight encounter with weather, high density altitude. Contributing to the accident was aircraft gross weight which was exceeded.
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 acft was 676 pounds over gross at takeoff. During the first spray pass on an 88-degree day, the plt stated that the acft began to settle. He applied power but the eng did not respond. The acft collided with trees, then a utility pole, while the plt was attempting to land on a rd. the plt implied to FAA & insurance company personnel that there was no eng failure or malfunction. The density altitude was calculated to be 2,000 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8942H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1578
- Airframe hours
- 4,005
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Bluff Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bluff Aviation, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 24, 1991 · 75 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 5,800 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.