# Accident 19990526005699A: Scwzer G164B, Brinkley, AR, May 26, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1999, 05:55 local time
- Place: Brinkley, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Location: 34.8800° N, 91.1794° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8800&lon=-91.1794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8285K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8285K-2026-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (registry code 3952802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99FA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990526005699A

## Narrative

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

PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED IN GROUND FOG DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATION, AND THE ACFT CRASHED AND WAS DESTROYED, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23)ON MAY 26, 1999 AT APPROXIMATELY 0555 CDT, N8285K, A GRUMMAN G-164-B AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN NEAR BRINKLEY, ARKANSAS.  THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED COMMERICAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY CHISM FLYING SERIVCE INC., OF BRINKLEY, ARKANSAS.  ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED WITH 300 GALLONS OF WATER MIXED WITH 23 GALLONS OF SUPPER WHAM, A HERBICIDE, BEFORE DEPARTING RUNWAY 20 AT FRANK FEDERER MEMORIAL AIRPORT, BRINKLEY, ARKANSAS, AT APPROXIMATELY 0552.  ABOUT TWO MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE THE PILOT RADIOED TO THE OPERATOR THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD ENTERED A FOG BANK AND HE "WAS DISORIENTED".  THERE WAS NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION BEWTEEN THE OPERATOR AND THE PILOT. THE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THE VISIBILITY AT THE AIPORT WAS ONE MILE THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED.  A WITNESS, LOCATED ON THE AIRPORT, REPOTED THAT "SHORTLY AFTER" THE ACCI                        DENT AIRPLANE DEPARTED, THE VISIBILITY DECREASED TO 1/4 MILE. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 FTW99FA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA150), May 26, 1999: Grumman-Schweizer G164-B (N8285K), Brinkley, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing factors were the pilots failure to maintain control of the aircraft, spatial disorientation, and the fog.

## Other reports on N8285K (1)

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

- [Accident 19920615020269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920615020269A), Jun 15, 1992: Scwzer G164B (N8285K), Mcdougal, AR, Destroyed. Unable to climb on takeoff. Settled into rice field. Hit levee. Hot day light wind. Failed to dump load.

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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