ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285968
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| Date: | Thursday 12 June 2008 |
| Time: | 17:40 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164B |
| Owner/operator: | Carol's Flying Service, Inc. |
| Registration: | N48571 |
| MSN: | 82B |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9308 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wilder, Idaho -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Wilder, ID |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he was applying fertilizer to a field of hops. After several passes over the field, a total engine failure occurred. The pilot was forced to land the airplane in a small onion field. The pilot said that after touchdown, he "forced the aircraft into the ground to avoid collision with a raised canal." The airplane made "one complete forward flip," which destroyed the tail section, and came to rest nose down. Following its recovery to the operator's facility, the airplane was examined by the pilot and a Federal Aviation Administration inspector. They noted metal chips and oil in the engine exhaust pipes and found all the spark plugs to be contaminated with oil. According to the pilot, these signatures were indicative of a supercharger failure.
Probable Cause: The loss of engine power as a result of failure of the supercharger. Contributing to the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX08LA177
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 July 1994 | N48571 | Private | 0 | Wilder, ID | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Oct-2022 17:45 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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