# Accident 20140725014909A: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164B, Bonifay, FL, July 25, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2014, 10:00 local time
- Place: Bonifay, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NQOG
- Location: 30.8453° N, 85.5906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8453&lon=-85.5906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N425LS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N425LS) (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: GULFSTREAM-SCHWEIZER A/C CORP GULFSTREAM AM G-164B
- Reported engine: PRATT & WHITNEY PT-6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,740 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA368) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140725014909A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT THE POWER SURGED, THEN ENGINE WENT TO IDLE WITH NO RESPONSE TO POWER LEVER MOVEMENT. AIRPLANE WAS LANDED OFF AIRPORT IN HEAVY TIMBER LAND 1 NM DUE EAST OF 1J0.

AIRCRAFT HAD AMPLE FUEL ON BOARD- MULTIPLE TANK, SINGLE FEED, GRAVITY FED, PUMP BOOSTED SYSTEM.

## 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 ERA14LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA368), Jul 25, 2014: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C G-164B (N425LS), Bonifay, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial blockage of the No. 2 bearing oil nozzle jet by bearing material, which resulted in oil starvation and the subsequent failure of the No. 2 bearing and total loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N425LS (1)

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

- [Accident 20080918848079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080918848079A), Sep 18, 2008: Scwzer G164B (N425LS), Patterson, LA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was in cruise flight, engine sputtered, and quit, pilot landed aircraft in field se of Patterson airport, after landing the aircraft, the aircraft…

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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