PULLMAN, WA, USA
N6798Q
GRUMMAN G-164B-450
AFTER MAKING A SWATH RUN, THE ACFT ENTERED A STEEP TURN WITH AN AIRSPEED OF ABOUT 75 MPH. ACCORDING TO TWO WITNESSES, THE ENG LOST POWER & THEN THE ACFT CRASHED. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO REMEMBER WHAT HAD HAPPENED FROM THE TIME HE ENTERED THE TURN UNTIL HE WALKED AWAY FROM THE CRASH. AN EXAM OF THE ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED THAT THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED NEAR THE RIDGE OF UPWARD SLOPING TERRAIN, LEFT WING 1ST, THEN CARTWHEELED. AN INSPECTION OF THE ENG WAS PERFORMED, BUT NO REASON FOR THE POWER LOSS WAS FOUND.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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