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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Scwzer G-164A · Hickory Ridge, AR · May 31, 1988

Date: May 31, 1988 · 13:30 local
Place: Hickory Ridge, AR
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: KRMG
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N9653
NTSB investigation: NTSBMKC88LA104
Reported as: Scwzer G164A
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,300 total1,978 in this make and model86 in the last 90 days

N9653Registration cancelled Jan 4, 1989 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AS/N 1195 Airframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unable to stop sink rate on an ag turn around and crashed into trees. Gusty surface wind and dust devils in aera.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO STOP SINK RATE ON AN AG TURN AROUND AND CRASHED INTO TREES. GUSTY SURFACE WIND AND DUST DEVILS IN AERA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MKC88LA104Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHickory Ridge, ARWhile executing a standard procedure aerial application turn around maneuver, the acft began to settle. The plt dumped his remaining chemical load, but acft continued to settle, and mushed into the trees. Post accident fire destroyed the acft, but the plt…May 31, 1988 · Destroyed