Grumman-Schweizer G-164A N7981

Summary

On 13 July 1997 at about 23:00 local time, a Grumman-Schweizer G-164A registered N7981 was involved in an accident near Woodeberry, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

13 July 1997 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Woodeberry, Tennessee, United States

Coordinates

35.8198, -86.0702

Aircraft

Grumman-Schweizer G-164A

Registration

N7981

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA97LA210

Nobody was injured.

in-flight collision with a fence during takeoff. Factors in this accident were the pilot's inadequate pre-flight by not calculating the total weight of the airplane, and high temperatures.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight was departing from a 1,500 foot grass runway, and did not accelerate. The pilot managed to get airborne, but struck a 6- to 7 foot high fence at the departure end of the runway, with the landing gear, and impacted in a field about 75 feet from the fence. The pilot stated that the 'RPM and manifold pressure was normal...the aircraft felt like it did not accelerate as fast as normal...the aircraft may have been heavy for the runway length and density altitude.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.