- Date
- March 14, 1984, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Biscoe, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8945HSchweizer G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840314007059A
- Case key
- 33652
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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.
Analysis
After spraying operations acft propeller would be pressure sprayed. Water entered propeller pitch change bearings which corroded bearings. Eventually pitch movement was hindered by rust corrosion. The blade counterweight bolt broke allowing the propeller blade pitch to increase. Engine RPM decreased below operating range. The plt shut down the engineand landed the acft in a field. The acft nosed over during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8945H
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1581
- Airframe hours
- 2,350
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Vincent Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- De Valls Bluff, AR
- Destination
- Biscoe, AR
- Airport
- Betzner
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,700 total · 7,500 in this make and model · 8,600 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT
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 N8945H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.