Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A N48378

Summary

On 29 August 2011 at about 22:00 local time, a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A registered N48378, operated by Tri-Air LLC, was involved in an accident near Monette, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 August 2011 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Monette, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

35.9050, -90.3367

Aircraft

Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A

Registration

N48378

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Tri-Air LLC

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Monette → Monette

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11LA610

Nobody was injured.

The fracture of the throttle cable in tensile overstress because of wear damage, which resulted in the partial loss of engine power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While climbing out from a private airstrip, the airplane experienced a partial loss of power at 150 feet, and the pilot executed an emergency forced landing in a cotton field. The airplane touched down in the field and subsequently nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The throttle cable was found fractured between the engine and the firewall. Laboratory examination determined that the cable fractured in tensile overstress associated with wear damage. The wear damage is consistent with a sharp bend in the cable trajectory. It is likely that the push-pull operation of the throttle cable may have resulted in further damage to the cable.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.