- Date
- September 7, 1983, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Odessa, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N459YGrumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830907068139A
- Case key
- 33485
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was making an aerial application turn when according to the pilot the engine quit. The landing was made in a stubble terraced field which collapsed the left main landing gear. During the landing the acft struck the rising terrainof a terrace and became airborne before landing hard on the left main gear. This impact broke the left gear. A cursory examination by an FAA inspector showed no evidence of pre-impact damage or failure in the acft engine and sufficient fuel was found in the fuel cells after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N459Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 105
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-A2M, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Dan Kirkpatrick
- Registered owner
- Missouri Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1983 · 75 hours before
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °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 N459Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.