# Accident 20100921051419A: Gulfstream- GULFSTREAM, Midfield, TX, September 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2010, 13:15 local time
- Place: Midfield, TX
- Airport: Bay City Municiple
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KAPG
- Location: 28.9069° N, 96.1725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9069&lon=-96.1725&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: GULFSTREAM- GULFSTREAM
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 24,090 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA553](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA553) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100921051419A

## Narrative

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

FROM WITNESS ACCOUNTS AND OBSERVATIONS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT STRUCK A POWER LINES WHILE PERFORMING AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION SEVERELY DAMAGING THE RUDDER AND ELEVATORS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND THE SUBSEQUENT CRASH.

## 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 CEN10CA553](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA553), Sep 21, 2010: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Gulfstream AM G-164B (N8157K), Blessing, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from wires while maneuvering.

## 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 19920620021369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920620021369A), Jun 20, 1992: Scwzer G164B (N8157K), Bay City, TX, Substantial damage. Settled in tall weeds off end of runway on attempted takeoff. Struck a fence and nosed over. Full load. Hot day.
- [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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