Grumman-Schweizer G-164B N48672

Summary

On 11 August 1992 at about 16:00 local time, a Grumman-Schweizer G-164B registered N48672, operated by Mitchell, Larry D., was involved in an accident near Atkinson, Nebraska, 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

11 August 1992 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Atkinson, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Stuart Atkinson Municipal (8V2)

Coordinates

42.5296, -98.9702

Aircraft

Grumman-Schweizer G-164B

Registration

N48672

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mitchell, Larry D.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI92DCJ05

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 THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. HE STATED HE BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE IGNITION SYSTEM, AND ATTEMPTED TO 'VERIFY AND ISOLATE THE PROBLEM... .' WHEN THE MAGNETO SWITCH WAS MOVED FROM THE BOTH TO THE LEFT POSITION, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. ATTEMPTS AT RESTART WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A CORN FIELD. POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED A CRACKED CYLINDER INSTALLED AT THE NUMBER 9 POSITION. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF OTHER PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.