- Date
- May 27, 1991, 07:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Wilson Creek, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8407KSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910527017449A
- Case key
- 41454
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The loss of engine power in flight due to improper overhaul of the carburetor float assembly fulcrum screw, shutting off fuel flow to the engine.
Analysis
The acft engine quit during a low level aerial application swath run. The pilot made an emerg forced landing and the acft impacted irrigation equip on ldg gnd roll. Post accident exam revealed carb failure & fuel shutdown to eng.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8407K
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 689B
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Martin R. Shaw
- Registered owner
- Martin R. Shaw
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 5, 1991 · 120 hours before
- Departed
- WA70 · Wilson Creek, WA
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 8,000 in this make and model · 13,900 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °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.
Other investigations on N8407K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.