- Date
- July 16, 1987, 20:00 local (Jul 17, 1987, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Forrest City, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7864Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870716043359A
- Case key
- 34417
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While doing a repositioning operation, with an ag acft, the engine quit, due to fuel exhaustion. The PIC said that a visual inspection of the fuel supply would have prevented the accident. He said that in an attempt to turn back to a dirt strip, the acft stalled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7864
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1001
- Airframe hours
- 6,880
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Osceola Aerial Ser.Inc.
- Registered owner
- Osceola Aerial Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 7M4 · Osceola, AR
- Destination
- Widener, 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,966 total · 1,333 in this make and model · 1,831 as pilot in command · 182 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 45 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 N7864 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.