# Accident 20230522004292A: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164D, Gueydan, LA, May 22, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2023, 10:00 local time
- Place: Gueydan, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: V3FG
- Location: 30.0067° N, 92.4746° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0067&lon=-92.4746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8337K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8337K-2023-12-27) (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: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM-SCHWEIZER A/C CORP GULFSTREAM AM G-164D
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 14,050 total, 12,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230522004292A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HAD 100 H INSPECTION COMPLETED EARLY MAY 2023. THERE IS AN MODIFICATION INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT WITH AN OVERSIZED HOPPER.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP, ONCE ON THE GROUND AND GOING DOWN THE RUNWAY THE PILOT NOTICED THE OTHER AIRCRAFT COMING TOWARDS HIM. THE AIRCRAFTS' WINGS COLLIDED AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN 180 DEGREES. BOTH AIRCRAFT HAD COMMS ON BOARD BUT WERE NOT USED PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING TO LAND.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8331K, Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164D: [Accident 20230522004302A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230522004302A)

## 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 CEN23LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA197), May 22, 2023: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Gulfstream AM G-164B (N8337K), Gueydan, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other resulting in a collision on the airstrip. Contributing was the pilots’ failure to announce their intentions over their radios as they were…

## Other reports on N8337K (1)

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

- [Accident 20000606009659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000606009659A), Jun 6, 2000: Scwzer G164B (N8337K), Welsh, LA, No damage. (-23) Engine quit while enroute to reloan fertilizer. A/c landed in rice field and flipped. Power turbine section of engine would not turn.

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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