- Date
- June 21, 1989, 09:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Battle Mountain, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9830Grumman-Schweizer G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890621016779A
- Case key
- 41035
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power in flight due to a broken number two rocker arm. Contributing to the accident was the vehicle on the road which resulted in the pilot flaring prematurely.
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
During cruise flight, the engine lost power. The pilot initiated a forced landing on a road, flared high to avoid impact with a vehicle on the road and the aircraft stalled, resulting in a hard landing. The aircraft impacted a fence and nosed over into a ditch. Inspection of the engine revealed a broken number two rocker arm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9830
- Reported as
- Grumman-Schweizer G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1257
- Airframe hours
- 2,948
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Gaudry Ag Services, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gaudry Ag Services, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 9, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- WMC · Winnemucca, NV
- Destination
- EKO · Elko, NV
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 19 in this make and model · 4,901 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BAM, 18 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 N9830 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.