- Date
- June 27, 1990, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Swifton, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5203Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900627023909A
- Case key
- 35009
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Probable cause
Failure of the engine driven blower assembly. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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 commercial plt said that shortly after takeoff, the engine failed, during an aerial application operation. An emergeny ldg was attempted, in a rice field, which resulted in a nose over. Post accident investigation revealed the cause of the loss of power to be an engine blower failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5203
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1125
- Airframe hours
- 3,627
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Southland Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 17, 1990
- Departed
- NONE
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 8,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.