- Date
- July 25, 1989, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Harviell, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N48426Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890725025389A
- Case key
- 34838
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Probable cause
The pilot's inability to avoid unsuitable terrain during the landing roll after a forced landing. The forced landing was made necessary by a loss of engine power caused by a foreign object restricting the fuel system.
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
Just after liftoff, the acft experienced a partial loss of engine power & a forced landing was performed. The acft touched down about 300 feet from the departure end of the runway, then collided with a ditch and nosed over. Post accident investigation revealed several small melted balls of solder in the carburetor, restricting the fuel flow. The engine had been previously involved in a carburetor intake fire which may have caused the solder to melt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48426
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1635
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Rh & Rh, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hopwood, Reggie S
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- NONE · Harviell, MO
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 65
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23,300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGI, 60 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 N48426 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.