ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147437
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| Date: | Monday 30 July 2012 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164B Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | McClung Aerial Spraying |
| Registration: | N6676Q |
| MSN: | 197B |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8818 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Big Springs, Nebraska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Big Springs, NE |
| Big Springs, NE | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly after takeoff, the pilot adjusted the engine controls of the agricultural airplane for cruise flight. The airplane’s engine then lost power, and the pilot conducted a forced landing in a corn field. The airplane’s engine had previously been converted to another version of the engine. As a result of the conversion, the airplane had a different throttle quadrant; the engine controls were reversed from the previous propeller and mixture layout. The pilot reported that he inadvertently shut the engine off while adjusting the engine for cruise flight.
Probable Cause: The total loss of engine power as a result of the pilot inadvertently shutting the engine off. Contributing to the accident was the modification to the engine control layout.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 December 1998 | N6676Q | Aerial Farming | 0 | Naponee, NE | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2012 12:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Aug-2012 12:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 07-Aug-2012 09:48 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:56 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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