ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 297324
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| Date: | Thursday 9 May 2002 |
| Time: | 18:55 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164B |
| Owner/operator: | Ag Flight Inc |
| Registration: | N48485 |
| MSN: | 44B |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5743 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S3H1-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hordville, Nebraska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | YORK, NE (87NE) |
| (87NE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane nosed over during a forced landing in a soft, furrowed field following a total loss of engine power. A rocker arm shaft for one of the exhaust valves was found to have split. No other anomalies were found with respect to the airframe, engine or systems that could be identified as existing prior to impact.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to a fractured rocker arm shaf. Contributing to the accident was the soft, furrowed field.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI02LA132
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 June 2023 | N48485 | Private | 0 | near Bloomfield Municipal Airport (84Y), Bloomfield, NE | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 17:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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