# NTSB FTW88DRA12: Grumman G-164A, N5374, Winnie, TX, May 24, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: May 24, 1988, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Winnie, TX
- Coordinates: 29.809591, -94.379524 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8096&lon=-94.3795&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 July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22481
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88DRA12
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22481/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRA12

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - load jettison - attempted, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK A DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER AFTER SETTLING TO THE GROUND FOLLOWING T/O FROM A PVT AG STRIP.  THE PLT STATED THAT DURING THE T/O, THE WIND SHIFTED TO A QUARTERING TAILWIND AND THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO DUMP HIS LOAD BECAUSE HE WAS PAST HIS REJECTED T/O PT. FOLLOWING LIFT OFF, THE ACFT BRUSHED SOME TREE TOPS AT THE END OF THE STRIP, DECELERATED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SETTLED INTO A CULTIVATED FIELD OFF THE END OF THE RWY.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT ROLLED ABOUT 100' AND STRUCK AN IRRIGATION DITCH WHICH CAUSED IT TO FLIP OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5374](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5374-1989-11-20), registration cancelled 1989-11-20, S/N 1132 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164A
- 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: 1132
- Airframe hours: 2240
- Engines: P&W R-1340-PC 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Michael C. Gabriel
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 21, 1987, 190 hours before
- Departed: NONE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 4,376 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 4,376 as pilot in command, 191 in the last 90 days, 72 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 11 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BPT, 240 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 19880524016109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880524016109A), May 24, 1988: Scwzer G164A, Winnie, TX, Substantial damage. Windshift on takeoff caused aircraft to settle strike trees and nose over on ground impact.

## Other investigations on N5374 (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW75FRD58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRD58), May 21, 1975: Grumman G-164A (N5374), Iowa, LA, destroyed

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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