Grumman-Schweizer G-164B N8075K

Summary

On 1 September 1997 at about 13:30 local time, a Grumman-Schweizer G-164B registered N8075K was involved in an accident near Marksville, Louisiana, 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

1 September 1997 at 13:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Marksville, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

31.1209, -92.0598

Aircraft

Grumman-Schweizer G-164B

Registration

N8075K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Vick → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW97LA335

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadvertent stall during a turn to reverse direction during an aerial application flight. A factor was the pilot's chronic fatigue as result of cumulative long workdays.

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

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The pilot reported that he was in the process of executing a turn to reverse direction upon completion of an aerial application pass, when the airplane stalled. Subsequent to the loss of control, the airplane impacted the ground in a left wing low and nose down attitude and came to rest in an open pasture. The pilot acknowledged that there was no mechanical malfunction prior to the loss of control. The pilot stated that in the 90 days preceding the accident he had accumulated 500 hours of flight time and the fact that he was trying to do too much probably caught up with him.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.