# Accident 19970901024919A: Scwzer G164B, Marksville, LA, September 1, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1997, 08:30 local time
- Place: Marksville, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.1209° N, 92.0598° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1209&lon=-92.0598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8075K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8075K-2004-10-13) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA335) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970901024919A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CLIMBED AND TURNED TO MAKE ANOTHER PASS WHEN AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1997, AT 08:30 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A GRUMMAN, MODEL G-164-B, AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE CRASHED INTO A FIELD NEAR MARKSVILLE, LOUISIANA, WHERE THE PILOT WAS SPRAYING. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND, LEFT WING LOW AND NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. BOTH TOP WINGS AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY WILLIAM S. KINGREY, WHO WAS THE PILOT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. MR. KINGREY WAS NOT INJURED. HE SAID THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A TURN TO REVERSE DIRECTION, HE STALLED THE AIRPLANE AND LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.

## 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 FTW97LA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA335), Sep 1, 1997: Grumman-Schweizer G-164B (N8075K), Marksville, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent stall during a turn to reverse direction during an aerial application flight. A factor was the pilot's chronic fatigue as result of cumulative long workdays.

## Other reports on N8075K (1)

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

- [Accident 19920922038309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920922038309A), Sep 22, 1992: Scwzer G164B (N8075K), Holly Grove, AR, Substantial damage. Reported power loss during a turn. Dumped load but forced down. Nosed over.

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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