Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B N8834H

Summary

On 1 July 2025 at about 16:45 local time, a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B registered N8834H, operated by AG Air LLC, was involved in an accident near Lockport, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

1 July 2025 at 16:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Lockport, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

29.5916, -90.4763

Aircraft

Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B

Registration

N8834H

Category

Airplane

Year built

1975

Engines

1

Operator

AG Air LLC

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Raceland → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN25LA231

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On July 1, 2025, about 1145 central daylight time, a Grumman G-164B airplane, N8834H, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Lockport, Louisiana. The pilot received minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight. The pilot reported that on the morning of the accident he had flown two previous aerial application flights in the accident airplane without issue. The outside air temperature and humidity had increased since the first two flights. During the accident flight the airplane contained about 35 gallons of fuel and about 160 gallons of liquid applicant in the hopper. The pilot descended into the target field and completed one spray pass. As he approached the end of the field he ascended and “noticed the plane not climbing as normal.” The engine gauges all showed normal indications, but the airplane would not turn or climb as expected. The airplane descended as he approached a highway, and he did not want to dump the hopper over the highway or the adjacent bayou, so he continued forward. The airplane cleared a set of powerlines next to the highway and landed hard in a field, then nosed over. The pilot egressed the airplane without further incident. The responding FAA inspector reported that the airplane came to rest inverted in a field. The engine and propeller were mostly separated from the firewall. The upper and lower wings remained attached to the fuselage and sustained leading edge damage. The airplane has been retained for further examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.