# NTSB ATL87DLT02: Gulfstream-Schweizer G164B-600, N8046K, Union City, TN, July 8, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1987, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Union City, TN
- Coordinates: 36.330944, -89.290481 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3309&lon=-89.2905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 27, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7250
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87DLT02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7250/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87DLT02

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,fuel - contamination (cause)
  - fluid - water (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE AG-ACFT LOST POWER WHILE TURNING, SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM A FIELD. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT FORCED LDG, THE ACFT STRUCK A FENCE AND NOSED OVER. THE ENGINE WAS TORN FROM THE ACFT DURING THE IMPACT SEQUENCE. POST-CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT ENGINE BY AN FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED A QUANTITY OF WATER IN THE CARBURETOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8046K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8046K), registered now, S/N 546B, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM-SCHWEIZER G164B-600
- Registry model: [Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164B](https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-schweizer-a-c-gulfstream-am-g-164b) (registry code 3979904) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 546B
- Engines: P&W R1340 SERIES reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Terry Jamison, doing business as Jamison Flying Service
- Registered owner: Terry Jamison
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, March 5, 1987

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DYR, 30 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 19870708032599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870708032599A), Jul 8, 1987: Scwzer G164B, Union City, TN, Destroyed. The engine failed on takeoff and the aerial spray aircraft nosed over after hitting a fence. Water found in fuel.

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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