Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Paul, Idaho 83347
Wednesday, July 1, 1992 9:05 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF AND AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING DURING WHICH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND WING IMPACTED A HOLE SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT AROUND APPROXIMATELY 160 DEGREES. A POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS AND AIRCRAFT CONTROL NOT POSSIBLE BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND. A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/1/1992
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 905
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City PAUL
Event State IDAHO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 83347
Event Date Year 1992
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 915 Mountain Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 142
Weather Observation Facility ID BYI
Elevation of weather observation facility 4150
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 14
Time Zone of the weather observation MDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 500
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Partial Obscuration
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 3
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 9
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 8
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 310
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 4
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1929
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jul 1 1992 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 912
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 46770
Date of most recent change to record Dec 11 2000 3:06PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Unknown
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N5386
NTSB Number SEA92LA142
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 137: Agricultural
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion Ground
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Grumman-Schweizer
Aircraft Model G-164A
Aircraft Series Identifier G-164A
Aircraft Serial Number 1145
Certified Max Gross Weight 6075
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 1
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jan 2 2000 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 90
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name FARM FLITE INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 346 NORTH CONANT AVENUE
Aircraft Owner City BURLEY
Aircraft Owner State ID
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 83318
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name FARM FLITE INC.
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address 346 NORTH CONANT AVENUE
Operator City BURLEY
Operator State ID
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 83318
Operator Code NRNG
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Agriculture
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Unknown
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Unknown
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Unknown
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Aerial Application
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 900
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Climb
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --