ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355273
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 September 1997 |
| Time: | 09:20 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164A Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Perry Edwards |
| Registration: | N84PG |
| MSN: | 1536 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5047 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-985-14B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hillsboro, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a downwind swath, the engine lost power and the pilot turned the airplane into the wind for the forced landing. The airplane struck a dirt terrace during the landing roll, the left main gear collapsed, and the airplane nosed over coming to rest inverted. The airplane had been stored in a hangar for approximately 2 weeks with the fuel tanks 3/4th full. The pilot performed a preflight, loaded the hopper with a defoliant, and departed for the flight. A mechanic and the operator found debris in the fuel gascolator and the carburetor. The pilot reported the fuel contamination from fueling the airplane at the Hillsboro Municipal Airport. Airport personnel use the Velcron filter system. Fuel testing procedures from the manufacturer and the FAA were negative. Other airplane operators purchasing fuel at the airport had experienced no contamination with the fuel.
Probable Cause: Fuel contamination from an undetermined source. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW97LA343
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 April 1988 | N84PG | Farmers Air Service, Inc. | 0 | Allegan, MI | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 10:09 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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