- Date
- June 4, 1990, 18:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sandusky, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8095KSchweizer G-164C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900604018449A
- Case key
- 14443
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the swath run turn.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that during a turn-around maneuver at the end of a swath run, the airplane began to settle and he jettisoned the chemical load. The airplane continued to settle and crashed into a wooded area. Where it was destroyed by fire. Post-accident inspection failed to reveal any mechanical failure/malfunction of the airplane or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8095K
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- G-164C
- Airframe hours
- 2,540
- Engine
- Wright 1820-71, 1,200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Evans Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 17, 1990 · 80 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 3,800 in this make and model · 6,800 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNT, 52 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.