- Date
- August 14, 1984, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Swifton, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7693Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840814040709A
- Case key
- 33772
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,cylinder - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
During a swath run the #9 cylinder on the radial engine separated. A forced landing was made during which the acft landed in a levee and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7693
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 985
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Production Farms, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1984
- Departed
- Swifton, AR
N7693Registered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 30 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.