# NTSB investigations: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B, 1983

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB LAX84LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA084.md): Grumman G-164B · Madera, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 30, 1983 · N31184 · Substantial damage
  > At about 75 ft AGL in a procedure turnaround the acft stalled & collided with orange trees.
- [NTSB LAX83LA464](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA464.md): Grumman 164B · Tracy, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 1983 · N6708K · Substantial damage
  > The acft crashed during a forced landing shortly after takeoff when the engine lost power at about 10 ft AGL. Heavy rainhad fallen the night before and the acft are generally parked outside. After the engine lost power the plt landed off the end of the rwy…
- [NTSB SEA83LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA206.md): Grumman G-164B · Selah, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 28, 1983 · N6674Q · Substantial damage
  > While landing on a road, during an aerial application operation, the acft nosed over. According to the plt, the brakes had not released after he had released the toe brakes. He reported that he found the parking brake midway between the on & off positions.
- [NTSB ATL83LA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA370.md): Grumman G-164B · Berry, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 14, 1983 · N48475 · Substantial damage
  > The acft dragged a wing during takeoff and collapsed the right main gear in the process. After liftoff the plt said the left wing dipped and contacted soybeans at the end of the rwy. He said he overcontrolled and rolled the right wing into the beans. He…
- [NTSB FTW83LA405](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA405.md): Grumman G-164B · East Bernard, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 1983 · N48687 · Substantial damage
  > During takeoff, the eng had a partial loss of power after the acft lifted off. The plt reported that he dumped his load of defoliant, but the acft would not climb. Subsequently, it settled & collided with brush & trees. The plt attributed the power loss to a…
- [NTSB FTW83LA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA402.md): Grumman G-164B · North Lacassine, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 1983 · N6714K · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that during the landing, the left wing struck tall grass at the side of the strip & the acft swerved to the left. He tried to correct the situation by applying right braking action, but his braking was ineffective on wet grass. Subsequently,…
- [NTSB LAX83LA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA407.md): Grumman G-164B · Poston, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 21, 1983 · N6757Q · Substantial damage
  > During takeoff from the unlighted strip the acft went off the right side. The right main landing gear went into the softsandy shoulder & the acft flipped over.
- [NTSB FTW83LA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA391.md): Grumman G-164B · Lissie, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 1983 · N48516 · Substantial damage
  > The acft ran into a ditch during takeoff and collapsed the landing gear. The plt said he was steering around some mud holes when the wing became entangled in high grass alongside the rwy. The acft groundlooped off the rwy into a ditch. The wings and landing…
- [NTSB SEA83LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA167.md): Grumman G-164A · Klamath Falls, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 1983 · N6664Q · Destroyed
  > The acft dragged a wing in a lake and cartwheeled during an aerial application maneuver. The pilot said he had turned away from the field he was spraying to remove the bugs from his windshield. The acfts wing struck a lake surface in the turn, cartwheeled and…
- [NTSB MIA83LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA179.md): Grumman G-164B · Altha, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1983 · N6531K · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that the eng began losing power during an aerial application mission. Subsequently, he landed in a muddy field & the acft nosed over. He stated that the indupartial loss of power.
- [NTSB DEN83LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA170.md): Grumman G-164B · Page, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 29, 1983 · N6652Q · Substantial damage
  > While spraying at dusk, the plt was concerned about injuring a 'non-target crop' across the road to the south from the field that was being sprayed. He stated that an irrigation system was sitting pointed southwest, and that as he was entering a swath to the…
- [NTSB FTW83LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA267.md): Grumman G-164B · Kinder, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 4, 1983 · N6642K · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with a tree and a levee during takeoff. The plt said the wind had shifted before or during takeoff andthe acft at rotation felt as if it stalled. The acft failed to clear a small tree and then was forced into a levee. The acft nosed over…
- [NTSB FTW83LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA262.md): Grumman G-164B · Kaplan, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 3, 1983 · N48503 · Substantial damage
  > While departing from a private strip, the plt took off to the north in calm winds. When he returned to land, the wind had begun blowing from the southwest at 20 KTS; thus, he elected to land toward the south. A truck was parked at the apch end of the strip,…
- [NTSB LAX83LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA222.md): Grumman 164B · Lodi, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 7, 1983 · N6530K · Destroyed
  > The aircraft was rolling for takeoff at dawn when it collided with another crop duster taxiing in the opposite directionthe aircraft taking off had rolled about 100 feet when the pilot saw a red light on the runway and aborted the takeoff and attempted to…
- [NTSB ATL83LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA168.md): Grumman G-164B · New Hope, AL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 21, 1983 · N6756Q · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with trees during a forced landing following an engine failure. The pilot stated that during a pull-upafter spraying a field the engine made a loud bang and smoke and oil began to pour out of the engine. Then the engine froze and the pilot…
- [NTSB LAX83LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA172.md): Grumman American G164-B · Near Madera, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 1, 1983 · N31184 · Substantial damage
  > The acft hit a chuck hole in high grass during takeoff roll from a field for an aerial application mission. The left landing gear separated from the acft. The weather was VMC and no flight plan was filed. The pilot sustained minor injuries. The flight was…
- [NTSB SEA83LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA063.md): Grumman 164B · Toppenish, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 16, 1983 · N6674Q · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft nosed over in a ditch during a landing on a gravel road after an aerial application flight. The pilot said that he lost directional control during landing rollout and one main gear went into a ditch. The aircraft then nosed over and came to rest…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1983
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3952802'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3952802&year=1983

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