ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 299237
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| Date: | Monday 13 March 2000 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9785 |
| MSN: | 1263 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10517 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-1340-59 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | GILLETT, Arkansas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
En route from the airstrip to the field to apply fertilizer, the agricultural airplane's engine started to 'miss and lose power.' The pilot executed a forced landing. During the landing roll in a tilled field, the airplane nosed over to the inverted position. The #8 cylinder was found cracked. The cylinder had accumulated 337 hours since its last overhaul.
Probable Cause: The cracked #8 cylinder resulting in failure of the cylinder. A factor was the plowed/furrowed terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW00LA097
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 May 1991 | N9785 | Unknown | 0 | Gillett, AR | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Oct-2022 04:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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