ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73129
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 February 2010 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164B Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Haley Flying Service, Inc. |
| Registration: | N8494K |
| MSN: | 713B |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10294 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R1340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Byron, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Tracy, CA |
| Tracy, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After an aerial application flight, the pilot initiated a turn back toward the airstrip. The airplane's engine started to run rough and lose power. The pilot turned the airplane into the wind and initiated a forced landing into a deeply furrowed field. As the airplane touched down the landing gear sunk into the soft ground and the airplane nosed over, coming to a rest inverted. Postaccident examination of the airframe and an engine test run revealed no anomalies. The nearest weather reporting station reported a temperature of 9 degrees Celsius (C) and a dew point of 7 degrees C at the time of the accident. Review of the carburetor icing probability chart revealed that this temperature and dew point were conducive to serious icing at cruise power.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to carburetor icing as a result of the pilot's failure to use carburetor heat.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://web.archive.org/web/20100302153151/http://www.ktvu.com:80/bartshooting/22678757/detail.html
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N8494K
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 July 1986 | N8494K | B & B Agri Flight, Inc. | 0 | Harrisburg, AR | |
sub |
| 24 October 2017 | N8494K | Private | 0 | Tracy, CA | |
sub |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2010 07:09 | Geno | Added |
| 26-Feb-2010 11:07 | Geno | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 15:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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