ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366278
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| Date: | Thursday 30 August 1990 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164A Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N48395 |
| MSN: | 1628 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4655 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-1340AN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wayland, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Wallace, NY (NONE) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF AERIAL APPLICATION, THE AIRPLANE ENGINE 'BEGAN SPUTTERING AND BACKFIRING....THE ENGINE QUIT.' THE PILOT MADE A LEFT TURN TO AVOID OBSTACLES, AND LANDED. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING CONTACTED THE EDGE OF A MATURE CORN FIELD, AND THE AIRPLANE SPUN APPROXIMATELY 120 DEGREES BEFORE IT CAME TO A STOP. EXAMINATION OF THE RADIAL ENGINE REVEALED A CRACK IN THE NUMBER 1 CYLINDER WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT SPARK PLUG TO THE BACK SIDE OF THE CYLINDER INTAKE PORT; THE AIR FILTER WAS BLOWN THROUGH THE INDUCTION INTAKE. THERE WAS NO OTHER EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.
Probable Cause: A CRACKED ENGINE CYLINDER ASSEMBLY, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC90DFJ04
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 August 2005 | N48395 | Arkport Air Service Inc. | 0 | Penn Yan, New York | |
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