- Date
- August 17, 1988, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Plover, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8495Grumman-Schweizer G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880817033979A
- Case key
- 13883
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with a farm machinery shed during an aerial application maneuver. The pilot stated that there was no powerplant or control malfunction. The temperature at the accident site was 87 degrees (f), with a calculated density altitude of 2944 feet. The pilot stated that an ene wind off a ridge just east of the flight path created turbulence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8495
- Reported as
- Grumman-Schweizer G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 883
- Airframe hours
- 4,317
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Jeffery R. Reabe, doing business as Reabe Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Reabe Jeffery R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 8, 1987 · 432 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 3,030 as pilot in command · 400 in the last 90 days · 200 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 75 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.
Other investigations on N8495 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.