N6787K
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- August 27, 1982Accident
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SMELLED SOMETHING HOT WHILE SPRAYING. HE CHECKED THE INSTRUMENTS AND NOTED THAT THE OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS INDICATING OFF THE HIGH SIDE OF THE SCALE. HE STARTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING BUT THE ENGINE SEIZED DURING FINAL APPROACH. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD WHERE THE PLANE NOSED OVER. A TEARDOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT A MASTER ROD SPACER, PN 117547, HAD FAILED. WITHOUT THIS SPACER THE MASTER ROD WOULD NOT BE PROPERLY LUBRICATED,