# Accident 20230525011109A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B, Kaplin, LA, May 25, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2023, 09:10 local time
- Place: Kaplin, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.0004° N, 92.3746° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0004&lon=-92.3746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6699Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6699Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (registry code 3952802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN ACFT ENG COR-SCHWEIZER G-164B
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 150 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230525011109A

## Narrative

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

PILOT OPERATING UNDER CFR PART 137 FLIGHT RULES SUCESSFULLY SPRAYED FIRST TANK OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZER AND LANDED FOR REFULING AND TO RELOAD THE HOPPER.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE GROUND CREW LOADED TOO MUCH FERTILIZER IN THE HOPPER SO THE PILOT OPENED THE HOPPER DOOR ON THE GROUND TO RELEASE EXCESS FERTILIZER BACK IN THE LOADER.  THE PILOT MADE A SUCESSFUL TAKE OFF BUT WHEN HE SWOPED DOWN FOR HIS FIRST PASS, THE AIRCRAFT'S MOMENTUM CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO HIT THE GROUND DUE TO AN OVERWEIGHT CONDITION.  THE AIRPLANE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE ONCE IT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR SO THE PILOT TRIED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GOUND NOSE FIRST DISLODGING THE ENGINE AND PROPELLOR THEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO FREE HIMSELF AND WALKED AWAY UNHARMED.  A VEHICLE PASSING BY ON THE HIGHWAY CALLED THE SHERRIF'S DEPARTMENT TO REPORT THE CRASH.  THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS A VALID MEDICAL AND PILOT CERTIFICATE AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH BUT DID NOT HAVE A VALID CFR PART 137 OPERATING CERTIFICATE.

## 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 CEN23LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA202), May 25, 2023: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (N6699Q), Wright, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff with the airplane overloaded which resulted in the airplane settling and subsequently impacting terrain.

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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