- Date
- October 30, 1986, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Memphis, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6608QGrumman G164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861030055399A
- Case key
- 34317
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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 aerial application acft was en route to seed a wheat field when smoke came into the cockpit. The plt made a precautionary landing on a blacktop road. The road was the best available, but was not adequate and acft flipped forward to the inverted position. Post-accident inspection indicated positive battery cable shorted against metal battery case. The cable burned and battery case and battery melted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6608Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 135B
- Airframe hours
- 3,443
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ce-Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1986 · 360 hours before
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.