- Date
- June 19, 1984, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Spokane, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48681Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840619025449A
- Case key
- 39939
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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
Engine assembly,camshaft - failure,partialCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The eng lost power during an aerial application flt, then as the plt was making a forced landing, the acft struck telephone wires. After hitting the wires, the acft struck the ground & cartwheeled. An exam revealed that a failure of the cam ring system had occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48681
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1138
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Delton E. Macy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- NONE · Spokane, WA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,813 total · 200 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFF, 7 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.