- Date
- July 30, 1985, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Shelley, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5186Grumman 164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850730035399A
- Case key
- 40217
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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(total) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,carburetor - inoperativeCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - none suitableFactor
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Analysis
The safety broke in the carburetor and the seat backed out causing fuel starvation. The carburetor had been overhauled 350 hours prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5186
- Reported as
- Grumman 164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 569
- Airframe hours
- 5,300
- Engine
- P&W RT985, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- William Christensen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1985
- Departed
- Shelley, ID
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,632 total · 250 in this make and model · 4,102 as pilot in command · 205 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °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 N5186 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.