- Date
- June 11, 1992, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Coulee City, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8938HGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920611020039A
- Case key
- 42832
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Factors include soft terrain.
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 Grumman G-164A lost power during an aerial application run, and the pilot landed in an open field. Upon touchdown in the soft dirt, the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8938H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1366
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Leander, Kay D.
- Registered owner
- Leander, Kay D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,800 total · 2,450 in this make and model · 6,400 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N8938H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.