# NTSB FTW88DRD14: Grumman G-164A, N8580H, Crowley, LA, July 16, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: July 16, 1988, 08:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place: Crowley, LA
- Coordinates: 30.209644, -92.369186 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2096&lon=-92.3692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88DRD14
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22498/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRD14

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - object - wire,static(marked) (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE AGRICULTURAL PILOT WAS WORKING IN A FIELD WHICH HAD TELEPHONE LINES AT ONE END AND POWER LINES AT THE OTHER. ON HIS LAST RUN, AS HE STARTED HIS PULL UP, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE POWER LINES AT ONE END OF THE FIELD. THE AIRPLANE WENT THROUGH THE POWER LINES, PASSED OVER A HOUSE, STRUCK TREES AND HIT THE GROUND IN AN INVERTED POSITION. A FIRE WHICH STARTED FOLLOWING IMPACT WAS SUPPRESSED LONG ENOUGH TO REMOVE THE PILOT, BUT THEN DESTROYED THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8580H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8580H-1988-11-23), registration cancelled 1988-11-23, S/N 1417 (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: 1417
- Airframe hours: 4810
- Engines: P&W R-1340-AN1 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Norman Reed, doing business as Reed'S Flying Service
- Registered owner: Reed Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, February 9, 1988, 469 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 6,500 total, 5,200 in this make and model, 6,350 as pilot in command, 225 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LFT, 17 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 19880716026999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880716026999A), Jul 16, 1988: Scwzer G164A, Crowley, LA, Destroyed. Struck wires and a tree before crashing and burning. Made pull up from a spray run too late.

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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