# NTSB FTW87DQG03: Schweizer G-164-A, N6888Q, Seminole, TX, August 25, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 25, 1987, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Seminole, TX
- Coordinates: 32.709518, -102.650764 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7095&lon=-102.6508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22185
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87DQG03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22185/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87DQG03

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - roadway/highway (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING THE FLARE FOR LANDING ON A COUNTY ROAD THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A PICKUP TRUCK TRAVELING IN SAME DIRECTION AS THE AIRCRAFT. THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE PICKUP UNTIL THE IMPACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6888Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6888Q-1999-04-16), registration cancelled 1999-04-16, S/N 1727 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER G-164-A
- Registry model: [Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164a) (registry code 3952801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1727
- Airframe hours: 3344
- Engines: P&W R-1340 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: M&M Air Serv. Of Beaumont Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, March 16, 1987, 37 hours before
- Departed: NONE, SEMINOLE, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 6,718 total, 5,005 in this make and model, 6,623 as pilot in command, 198 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19870825049099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870825049099A), Aug 25, 1987: Scwzer G164A, Seminole, TX, Substantial damage. While landing on a rural road, the agricultural spray aircraft hit a truck. The road was improperly marked.

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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