# Accident 20200803013339A: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164B, Alicia, AR, August 3, 2020 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 3, 2020, 14:00 local time - Place: Alicia, AR - Airport: Walnut Ridge - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137) - Operator: KWWG - Location: 35.8944° N, 91.1258° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8944&lon=-91.1258&mi=10 - Aircraft: N8105K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8105K-2026-09-21) (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 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 1 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 450 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA327) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200803013339A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. WAS IN FORMED BY PILOT AT ROTATION RIGHT CENTER AIRFRAME PANEL CAME OFF AND WITH NO MORE RUNWAY CONTINUED WITH TAKEOFF. PILOT STATED HE HAD TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT PULLED POWER BACK TO BRING NOSE DOWN, AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED IN RICE FIELD. ​ ​N8105K, G164B, CROP DUSTER, SIDE SKIN CAME OFF DURING FLIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF AND PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A RICE FIELD. ​AT ROTATION RIGHT CENTER AIRFRAME PANEL CAME OFF AND WITH NO MORE RUNWAY PILOT CONTINUED WITH TAKEOFF. PILOT STATED AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOSING UP AND HAD TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT PULLED POWER BACK TO BRING NOSE DOWN, AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED IN RICE FIELD. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THE RIGHT CENTER AIRFRAME PANEL LEFT THE AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK THE RIGHT FORWARD SECTION OF THE ELEVATOR LEAVING A LARGE HOLE IN THE ELEVATOR. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE PANEL CAMLOCKS WERE STILL IN THE AIRFRAME AND THE PANEL CAMLOCK HOLES WERE SO OVERSIZED MISSING METAL STRUCTURE THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE PANEL IN PLACE. ## 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 CEN20LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA327), Aug 3, 2020: Grumman G164 (N8105K), Alicia, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate maintenance of panel fasteners, which led to a side panel coming loose during takeoff and the pilot having to make a subsequent forced landing to a flooded rice field when the airplane… ## Other reports on N8105K (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19980601020569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980601020569I), Jun 1, 1998: Scwzer G164 (N8105K), Weiner, AR, Minor damage. Left main gear hit a levee during ag ops. Tore off gear. Landed on belly. - [Accident 19820608020879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820608020879A), Jun 8, 1982: Scwzer G164B (N8105K), Bono, AR, Destroyed. Pilot tried to take off downwind with full load of fertilizer. Aircraft crashed 1/2 mile from runway. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.