# NTSB ATL87DEI08: Grumman G-164A, N7845, Bucyrus, OH, July 9, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: July 9, 1987, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Bucyrus, OH
- Coordinates: 40.800186, -82.969223 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8002&lon=-82.9692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7230
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87DEI08
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7230/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87DEI08

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - physical impairment(organic problem), pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

AS THE PLT WAS APCHG A FIELD TO SPREAD FERTILIZER, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE & CRASHED TO THE GROUND. THE PLT RECEIVED A HEAD INJURY & SAID HE COULD NOT RECALL THE ACDNT. ACCORDING TO HOSPITAL RECORDS, HE WAS SUFFERING FROM PNEUMONIA & HAD A 101 DEG TEMP WHEN THE ACDNT OCCURRED. A WITNESS SAID THE ENG WAS RUNNING N0RMALLY PRIOR TO THE ACDNT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7845](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7845-2013-05-09), registration cancelled 2013-05-09, S/N 794, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164A
- Registry model: [Grumman G-164A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (registry code 3952704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3826
- Airframe hours: 4839
- Engines: P&W R-1340-AN1 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Heck Flying Service,Inc.
- Registered owner: Pah Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 10, 1986, 6 hours before
- Departed: 17G, BUCYRUS, OH

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 13,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 12,825 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 35 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLE, 70 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870709032919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870709032919A), Jul 9, 1987: Scwzer G164A, Bucyrus, OH, Substantial damage. Collided with a tree while making a low level aerial application of fertilizer.

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.

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