- Date
- May 18, 1985, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Searcy, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8710HSchweizer G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850518018229A
- Case key
- 33944
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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
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - none suitableCause
Analysis
The plt reports that the eng lost power during a spray pass and each time he advanced the throttle in an effort to regain power the eng backfired. The plt made a forced landing in a nearby field and the acft hit a ditch, nosed over and burned. The eng was disassembled at an overhaul facility and no evidence to explain the reported eng failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8710H
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1488
- Engine
- P&W R1340 SERIES, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Bell'S Ag Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1985
- Departed
- Griffithville, AR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 800 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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