# Accident 20080416831809A: Scwzer G164B, Rosharon, TX, April 16, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2008, 06:35 local time
- Place: Rosharon, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: GQFG
- Location: 29.1772° N, 95.4356° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1772&lon=-95.4356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8237K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8237K-2018-01-29) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 20,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080416831809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL SPRAYING OF HERBICIDE ON RICE FIELD NEAR ROSHARON, TX. WITNESS AND PILOT REPORT THAT AFTER EXECUTING TURN BACK TOWARDS FIELD, AIRCRAFT STRUCK GUIDE WIRE DRAPED BETWEEN TOPS OF ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION TOWERS CAUSING RAPID LOSS OF ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT JUST CLEARED HIGHWAY 288 BEFORE CRASHING INTO GUARDRAIL AND CONTINUING ACROSS ACCESS ROAD BEFORE COMING TO REST IN FIELD. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 DEN08LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA077), Apr 16, 2008: Gulfstream-Schweizer G-164B (N8237K), Angleton, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout and his failure to maintain clearance from the tranmission lines. A factor in this accident was the unmarked transmission wires.

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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