Grumman G-164A N6718Q

Summary

On 25 July 1986 at about 13:30 local time, a Grumman G-164A registered N6718Q was involved in an accident near Bastrop, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 July 1986 at 13:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Bastrop, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

32.7702, -91.9010

Aircraft

Grumman G-164A

Registration

N6718Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW86LRD18

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 ACFT CAME TO REST INVERTED WITH THE ENGINE UNDER WATER AFTER A POWER LOSS AND FORCED LANDING. THE PLT STATED THAT HE STARTED LOSING POWER IN THE TURN TO LINE UP FOR HIS FIRST AERIAL APPLICATION RUN. THE ACFT SETTLED TO GROUND IMPACT IN A LANDING ATTITUDE DESPITE FULL THROTTLE AND JETTISON OF LOAD. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR BROKE OFF ON AN EMBANKMENT AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER INTO A WATER FILLED DITCH. SINCE THE ENGINE WAS SUBMERGED FOR SEVERAL DAYS NO ENGINE TEARDOWN WAS ACCOMPLISHED. NO MALFUNCTIONS WERE FOUND DURING THE ON-SITE INVESTIGATION. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.