ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294442
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 September 2004 |
| Time: | 09:00 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164A |
| Owner/operator: | The Airport |
| Registration: | N8661H |
| MSN: | 1453 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gilbert, Louisiana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Gilbert, LA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 11,000-hour pilot reported that during an aerial application flight, the "engine began running rough." The pilot initiated a turn back toward the airport and "attempted to gain altitude." At an altitude of approximately 200 feet above ground level and approximately 1/2 mile from the runway when the engine "shuttered violently and quit." The pilot initiated a forced landing to a nearby pasture. The pilot stated that during the landing roll, the airplane impacted a wire fence, crossed two ditches, one road, impacted a second fence, crossed another pasture, and impacted a third fence before coming to rest upright in a plowed field. Examination of the radial engine revealed a piston connecting rod was separated the piston. The operator reported that at the time of the accident, the engine had accumulated 462 hours since major overhaul and 300 hours since the last annual inspection.
Probable Cause: The failure of a piston connecting rod for undetermined reasons resulting in the loss of engine power. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW04CA246
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 June 1984 | N8661H | Obrien Flying Service, Inc. | 0 | Bell City, LA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Oct-2022 18:17 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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