# Accident 20230522004302A: 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: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- 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: N8331K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8331K-2026-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164D (registry code 3979908, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-schweizer-a-c-gulfstream-am-g-164d) (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, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 150 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/20230522004302A

## 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 JUST FINISHED FILLING THE HOPPER WITH FERTILIZER AND TURNED DOWN THE RUNWAY OF A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP TO TAKE OFF. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT LEFT THE GROUND WHEN IT'S WING COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WAS LANDING. THE AIRCRAFTS' WINGS COLLIDED AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN 180 DEGREES. BOTH AIRCRAFT HAD COMMS ON BOARD BUT WERE NOT USED PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING TO TAKE-OFF.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8337K, Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164D: [Accident 20230522004292A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230522004292A)

## 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-164D (N8331K), 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 N8331K (1)

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

- [Accident 19920514018929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920514018929A), May 14, 1992: Scwzer G164D (N8331K), Welsh, LA, Substantial damage. Explosion on takeoff with smoke and flame in cockpit. Engine seized. Crash landed. Turbine blades were released.

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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