- Date
- June 9, 1985, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kendrick, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7997Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850609023619A
- Case key
- 40172
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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 plt had finished spraying a field & was returning to the ag strip when the eng failed. He made an emerg landing in a barley field which was muddy & soft. During the landing roll, the wheels sank in the terrain & the acft nosed over. An exam revealed that the blower bearings had failed & the blower had seized.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7997
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 858
- Airframe hours
- 4,010
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Hiemgartner Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1985 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Leland, ID
- Destination
- NONE · Kendrick, ID
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total · 850 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F
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 N7997 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.