Gulfstream-Schweizer GULFSTREAM AM G-164B N8133K

Summary

On 29 July 1985 at about 05:30 local time, a Gulfstream-Schweizer GULFSTREAM AM G-164B registered N8133K was involved in an accident near Poston, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 July 1985 at 05:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Poston, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

33.8302, -114.3809

Aircraft

Gulfstream-Schweizer GULFSTREAM AM G-164B

Registration

N8133K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Poston → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX85LA332

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NIGHT AERIAL APPLICATION FLT WERE 'CLEAR AND WINDS OF 15 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 20 KTS. AFTER THREE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO LINE UP FOR THE SPRAY RUN, THE PLT SAID HE ALLOWED THE ACFT TO 'GET TOO LOW AND SLOW' WHILE TURNING FOR ANOTHER RUN AND WAS LATE RECOGNIZING THE PROBLEM AND ADDING POWER. AS THE ACFT SETTLED TOWARD THE GROUND, THE PLT TRIED TO JETTISON THE HOPPER LOAD WITH LESS THAN FULL DUMP GATE CONTROL HANDLE MOVEMENT, BUT THE GATE DID NOT FUNCTION. AFTER TOUCHDOWN IN THE PLOWED FIELD, THE ACFT NOSED OVER. FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF THE DUMP GATE AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED THAT IT WORKED WITH FULL CONTROL HANDLE MOVEMENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.