Grumman G-164C N6787K

Summary

On 27 August 1982 at about 20:30 local time, a Grumman G-164C registered N6787K, operated by Darryc E. McCreary, was involved in an accident near Gunnison, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 August 1982 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Gunnison, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

33.9408, -90.9392

Aircraft

Grumman G-164C

Registration

N6787K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Darryc E. McCreary

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gunnison → Gunnison

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82DA252

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SMELLED SOMETHING HOT WHILE SPRAYING. HE CHECKED THE INSTRUMENTS AND NOTED THAT THE OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS INDICATING OFF THE HIGH SIDE OF THE SCALE. HE STARTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING BUT THE ENGINE SEIZED DURING FINAL APPROACH. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD WHERE THE PLANE NOSED OVER. A TEARDOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT A MASTER ROD SPACER, PN 117547, HAD FAILED. WITHOUT THIS SPACER THE MASTER ROD WOULD NOT BE PROPERLY LUBRICATED, AND REPORTEDLY, THE ENGINE COULD SEIZE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE HAD BEEN OVERHAULED 93 HRS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. FOLLOWING THE OVERHAUL, THE ENGINE HAD A PROBLEM LEAKING OIL PAST THE VALVES, SO IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE OVERHAUL FACILITY. SEVEN CYLINDERS WERE REMOVED AND REWORKED. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED FOLLOWING A BRIEF BREAK-IN PERIOD AFTER THAT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.