# Accident 19890630018709A: Scwzer G164B, Mer Rouge, LA, June 30, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1989, 08:35 local time
- Place: Mer Rouge, LA
- Airport: Private
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KGTG
- Location: 32.7709° N, 91.7893° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7709&lon=-91.7893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8341K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8341K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164B (registry code 3979904, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-schweizer-a-c-gulfstream-am-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11,300 total, 6,600 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89DRD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89DRD10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890630018709A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PROPELLER STRUCK A PERSON THAT WAS WALKING ACROSS THE RUNWAY AS PILOT WAS TAXIING TO RAMP. DID NOT NOTICE VICTIM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW89DRD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89DRD10), Jun 30, 1989: Grumman G-164-B (N8341K), Mer Rouge, LA, no damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL STRUCK BY THE TAXIING AIRPLANE'S PROPELLER TO VISUALLY PERCEIVE AND AVOID THE AIRPLANE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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