# Accident 19910517016519A: Scwzer G164B, Vanndale, AR, May 17, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1991, 14:30 local time
- Place: Vanndale, AR
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KOCG
- Location: 35.3153° N, 90.7711° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vanndale, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3153&lon=-90.7711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8106K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8106K-2013-05-13) (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 R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91DPG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91DPG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910517016519A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF. TURNED TO AVOID TREES AND SETTLED TO GROUND IMPACT. GROUND CREW OVERLOADED HOPPER.

## 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 FTW91DPG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91DPG04), May 17, 1991: Grumman G-164B (N8106K), Vanndale, AR, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO VERIFY HIS WEIGHT AND BALANCE. A FACTOR WAS THE SOFT TERRAIN.

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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