- Date
- May 19, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rayne, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8657HGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880519019779A
- Case key
- 22488
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot had made seven previous takeoffs in that airplane, that day, on the same airstrip. On this one, the OAT was 93 degrees f. the elevation was 10 feet MSL and the density altitude was 2300 feet. The airplane was 388 pounds overweight and the CG was .5 inch behind aft limit. On takeoff, the pilot saw he was not climbing and dumped his load of fertilizer but still hit trees and then the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8657H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1449
- Airframe hours
- 5,319
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Richard Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1988 · 144 hours before
- Airport
- Ashton, runway 18, 1,500 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 18,220 total · 1,130 in this make and model · 18,100 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 39 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LA35, 12 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.