ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359376
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 February 1995 |
| Time: | 16:45 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164B Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Pixley Dusters Inc. |
| Registration: | N705Y |
| MSN: | 315 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13657 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-1340-AN1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pixley, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Earlimart, CA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
AFTER COMPLETING AN AERIAL APPLICATION SPRAY RUN, THE PILOT EXECUTED A CLIMBING 90/270-DEGREE TURN. DURING THE TURN, THE ENGINE SUSTAINED A LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A WET, FRESHLY-PLOWED OPEN FIELD AND SUBSEQUENTLY NOSED OVER. THE POSTACCIDENT ENGINE EXAMINATION REVEALED THE NUMBER THREE CYLINDER WAS SPLIT BETWEEN THE SPARK PLUGS.
Probable Cause: the total failure of the number three cylinder. The wet and soft terrain were factors in this accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX95LA091
History of this aircraft
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| 8 August 2023 | N705Y | Badgley Aviation Services LLC | 0 | Applegate, MI | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Mar-2024 09:53 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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