ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188491
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| Date: | Saturday 2 July 2016 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164B Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Air Enterprises LLC |
| Registration: | N6781K |
| MSN: | 472B |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15033 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 S3H1-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sussex County, east of Laurel, DE -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Magnolia, DE (DE09) |
| Magnolia, DE (DE09) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot was completing the last pass of an aerial application flight between 20 and 60 ft above the ground when he heard a “loud bang” followed by a loss of engine power. He turned the airplane into the wind and set up for a forced landing in a corn field. The airplane landed on the corn and soft soil and nosed over, resulting in structural damage to the upper wing, vertical stabilizer, and rudder. Examination revealed that a bird struck the spray pump fan assembly, shattering the blades and sending blade fragments through the lower engine cowling. The blade fragments struck the engine throttle linkage, bending and rotating it to the idle/cutoff position, which resulted in the total loss of engine power.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power due to an encounter with a bird, which collided with the spray pump fan assembly and subsequently sent blade fragments into the engine compartment, damaging the throttle linkage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6781K
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 August 2010 | N6781K | Trinkle Ag Flying Inc. | 0 | Tracy, California | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2016 20:30 | Geno | Added |
| 02-Jul-2016 21:09 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2016 21:23 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Aug-2017 16:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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