ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360245
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Date: | Friday 1 July 1994 |
Time: | 13:00 LT |
Type: | Grumman G-164A Ag-Cat |
Owner/operator: | Osceola Aerial Service, Inc. |
Registration: | N6568 |
MSN: | 707 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5500 hours |
Engine model: | P&W R-985 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Marked Tree, AR -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE WAS MAKING HIS TURN AT THE END OF HIS SECOND AERIAL APPLICATION PASS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE THE AIRPLANE WAS AT ABOUT 200 FEET AGL. HE SUBSEQUENTLY ATTEMPTED A FORCED LANDING BETWEEN TWO TREE LINES; HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE STALLED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AND ONE WING DUG INTO THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE CART WHEELED. THE REASON FOR THE POWER LOSS WAS NOT DETERMINED.
Probable Cause: THE POWER LOSS FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT ENTRY INTO A STALL AND THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN ONTO WHICH TO EXECUTE THE LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW94LA217 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW94LA217
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 July 1987 |
N6568 |
Osceola Aerial Serivce, Inc. |
0 |
Widener, AR |
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