- Date
- July 9, 1984, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mc Gehee, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8222KGrumman G164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840709031379A
- Case key
- 33740
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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
The acft was engaged in an aerial application flt when the eng lost power. The plt made a forced landing in a bean field. During the landing roll, the acft struck a levee that was obscured by high vegetation & nosed over. A post-accident investigation revealed the carburetor needle valve seat was loose & allowed fuel to bypass the valve & enter the intake manifold. An interview with personnel that overhauled the carburetor revealed that recommended torque valves were not being used during installation of the needle valve seat. An investigation also revealed that prior to this flt, the eng could not be shut down by moving the mixture control to the 'cut-off' position. To stop the eng on previous flts, the plt used the fuel selector valve by moving it to the 'off' position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8222K
- Reported as
- Grumman G164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 617B
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Delta Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 1984
- Departed
- Mc Gehee, AR
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,634 total · 4,800 in this make and model · 8,334 as pilot in command · 275 in the last 90 days · 140 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLH, 23 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 N8222K · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.