# Accident 19920620021369A: Scwzer G164B, Bay City, TX, June 20, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1992, 09:45 local time
- Place: Bay City, TX
- Airport: Fehmel Dusting Service Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KAPG
- Location: 28.9525° N, 95.9736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fehmel Dusting Service Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9525&lon=-95.9736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8157K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8157K) (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)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164B
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,322 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW92DRA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92DRA03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920620021369A

## Narrative

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

SETTLED IN TALL WEEDS OFF END OF RUNWAY ON ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF. STRUCK A FENCE AND NOSED OVER. FULL LOAD. HOT DAY.

## 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 FTW92DRA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92DRA03), Jun 20, 1992: Schweizer G-164B (N8157K), Bay City, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO INITIATE A CLIMB DUE TO EXCEEDING THE TAKEOFF CAPABILITY OF THE AIRPLANE. A FACTOR WAS THE HIGH GRASS ON THE AIRSTRIP.

## Other reports on N8157K (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20220506008149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220506008149I), May 6, 2022: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164B (N8157K), Palisade, NE, Minor damage. On may 6, 2022 at approximately 1145 local time, while conducting agricultural aerial applications for a private landowner near Palisade, Nebraska, the pilot…
- [Accident 20100921051419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100921051419A), Sep 21, 2010: Gulfstream- GULFSTREAM (N8157K), Midfield, TX, Substantial damage. From witness accounts and observations it was determined that the pilot struck a power lines while performing an agricultural application severely damaging the…
- [Incident 19880407025369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880407025369I), Apr 7, 1988: Scwzer G164B (N8157K), Wadesworth, TX, Minor damage. Main gear struck static wire on pull up from a spray run. Landed safely.

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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